Family Law

1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 217(1) of this Law, a sole consanguine sister shall inherit one-half of the estate, and two or more consanguine sisters shall inherit two- thirds of the estate if the deceased has no full sister nor a consanguine brother. 2. Consanguine sisters, one or more, shall inherit one-sixth of the estate, if: a) a full sister who inherits one-half of the estate by fardh exists; or b) the deceased has no consanguine brother. 3. Consanguine sisters, one or more, shall inherit the remainder of the estate along with the consanguine brother by ta’sib-by-others with the male inheriting twice the share of the female, subject to the following conditions: a) The deceased has no male ascendant heir. b) The deceased has no male descendant heir. c) The deceased has no full brother. 4. Consanguine sisters, one or more, shall inherit the remainder of the estate by ta’sib-with- others, subject to the following conditions: a) The deceased has no male ascendant heir. b) The deceased has no male descendant heir. c) The deceased has a female descendant heir. d) The deceased has no full sibling. e) The deceased has no consanguine brother.