Calculate the net estate
Gross assets are reduced by entered funeral costs, debts and the accepted bequest before any heir amount is shown.
Quranic shares made clearer
Islamic Inheritance Calculator
Estimate each eligible heir’s share after funeral costs, debts and a valid bequest, with a clear per-person breakdown for spouses, parents, sons and daughters.
How Islamic inheritance shares are estimated
The Islamic law of inheritance, often called faraid, assigns defined shares to eligible relatives. This calculator first identifies the distributable estate, then applies the supported fixed and residuary shares so you can see both the family total and each person’s estimated amount.
Apply fixed Quranic shares
Supported shares for the husband, wife or wives, mother, father and daughters are calculated from the selected family details.
Distribute the residue
Where sons inherit with daughters, the remaining estate is divided in a two-to-one ratio. The table shows the amount received by each person.
Shares for sons and daughters
Quran 4:11 sets out the children’s shares, including the two-to-one ratio when sons and daughters inherit together and the fixed shares where only daughters survive.
Quran 4:11Shares for the mother and father
Quran 4:11 describes parental shares when descendants survive and the mother’s share when the parents inherit without children.
Quran 4:11Shares for a husband or wives
Quran 4:12 explains how a surviving spouse’s share changes according to whether the deceased leaves descendants.
Quran 4:12What this calculator includes
- Gross estate, funeral costs and outstanding debts
- A bequest capped at one-third for planning
- One husband or up to four wives
- The deceased’s mother and father
- Any number of direct sons and daughters
- Per-person and collective heir amounts
- Proportional adjustment when fixed shares exceed the estate
Common questions about estate shares
Review these answers before using the result as a planning estimate.
What is an Islamic inheritance calculator?
It is a planning tool that applies supported Quranic shares to the distributable estate after eligible funeral costs, debts and a valid bequest. This calculator covers a spouse, parents and direct children.
Does each son and daughter receive the same amount?
When sons and daughters inherit together as residuaries, each son receives the equivalent of two daughters. The result table shows the collective share and the amount for each individual child.
How is the wife’s or husband’s share calculated?
A surviving husband receives one-half when there are no descendants and one-quarter when descendants survive. A wife or multiple wives share one-quarter without descendants or one-eighth with descendants.
Are debts deducted before inheritance shares?
Yes. The calculator deducts entered funeral costs and debts before applying the accepted bequest and calculating the distributable estate, following the order stated in Quran 4:11–12.
Can a bequest be more than one-third?
This calculator caps the entered bequest at one-third of the estate remaining after debts. Individual circumstances and bequests involving heirs should be reviewed by a qualified specialist.
When should I seek specialist inheritance advice?
Seek review whenever siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, adopted or stepchildren, unborn heirs, disputed assets, gifts made during illness, multiple jurisdictions or school-specific rulings may affect the estate.