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Salih al-Fawzan

12 — 'Awl and Radd Case Studies (2 cases)

Two corrections in two directions: base 12 swelling to 13, and pure radd with no spouse shrinking base 6 down to 3.

Case E — ‘Awl 12 → 13

Scenario. The deceased is male, survived by a wife, a mother, and 2 full sisters. There are no descendants, father, or grandfather. Net estate Rp 260,000,000.

  1. Status: wife 1/4 (no descendants); mother 1/6 (2+ siblings present); the 2 full sisters 2/3.
  2. Base 12: wife 3, mother 2, sisters 8 → total 13 > 12‘awl 12 → 13.
  3. Rupiah: 1 share = 260m ÷ 13 = Rp 20m.
Base number: 12 → 'awl 13             Estate: Rp 260,000,000
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Heirs             Status     Shares/12  Shares/13   Rupiah
wife              1/4             3          3       60,000,000
mother            1/6             2          2       40,000,000
full sister (1)   2/3 (8)         4          4       80,000,000
full sister (2)                   4          4       80,000,000
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Total                            13         13      260,000,000 ✓

Takeaway. Notice the mother: she drops to 1/6 because of the number of siblings present, even though the two sisters themselves do inherit (this is not a blocking case). Then ‘awl shrinks everyone proportionally — the wife who “should” get 1/4 (25%) actually receives 3/13 (≈23%).

Case F — Pure radd (no spouse)

Scenario. The deceased is female, survived by a maternal grandmother and 2 maternal half-siblings. There are no other fixed-share heirs, no ‘ashabah. Net estate Rp 90,000,000.

  1. Status: grandmother 1/6 (mother absent); the 2 maternal half-siblings 1/3 split evenly (kalalah).
  2. Base 6: grandmother 1, maternal half-siblings 2 → total 3, 3 left over, no ‘ashabah → radd.
  3. Radd with no spouse present (chapter 7): the sum of the furudh share units becomes the new base → base 3: grandmother 1, maternal half-siblings 2 (1 each).
  4. Rupiah: 1 share = 90m ÷ 3 = Rp 30m.
Base number: 6 → radd 3               Estate: Rp 90,000,000
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Heirs                      Status         Shares/6  Shares/3   Rupiah
grandmother                1/6 + radd         1         1      30,000,000
maternal half-sibling (1)  1/3 + radd         ─         1      30,000,000
maternal half-sibling (2)  (even split)       2         1      30,000,000
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Total                                         3         3      90,000,000 ✓
flowchart LR
  classDef proses fill:#713f12,stroke:#ca8a04,color:#fef9c3
  classDef furud fill:#1e3a8a,stroke:#3b82f6,color:#dbeafe
  classDef hasil fill:#3b0764,stroke:#a855f7,color:#f3e8ff
  A["Base 6:<br/>furudh used 3, 3 left over"]:::proses --> B["No 'ashabah<br/>→ RADD"]:::proses
  B --> C["New base = sum of furudh shares = 3"]:::furud
  C --> D["Grandmother 1/3 · each maternal half-sibling 1/3<br/>(the group's 1:2 ratio is preserved)"]:::hasil

Takeaway. Radd preserves the ratio among the furudh (grandmother : maternal-half-sibling group stays 1 : 2) while making sure no property is left idle. And the maternal line stays unique to the end: the two siblings split evenly, not 2:1, because they inherit through the mother’s line (An-Nisa 12).

Sources: al-Mulakhkhash al-Fiqhi, chapter on al-‘awl and ar-radd (Shamela 11811); at-Tahqiqat al-Mardhiyyah, same chapter. Full list in 15-references.