Faraid
Islamic inheritance calculator
Select the surviving heirs and see each Quranic share as a fraction — with ʿawl and radd applied automatically.
How to use this calculator
- 1. Optionally enter the estate value left after funeral costs, debts and any bequest — then every share is also shown as an amount.
- 2. Tick or count only the relatives who are alive at the moment of death. Leave everyone else at zero.
- 3. The shares update instantly below. Tap the i next to any relative if you are unsure whether they count.
Non-Muslim relatives, and anyone who died before the deceased, do not inherit — leave them out.
Step 1 — Estate value (optional)
Step 2 — Who survived the deceased?
Spouse & children
Wives
How many widows survived him (up to four)
Sons
Living biological or legally recognised sons
Daughters
Living daughters of the deceased
Parents & siblings
Grandmothers
Only count them if the mother has already died
Full brothers
Same father and same mother as the deceased
Full sisters
Same father and same mother as the deceased
Distribution
Select at least one surviving heir above.
How Islamic inheritance works
Before anything is distributed, four things are settled from the estate in order: funeral expenses, outstanding debts, any valid bequest (wasiyyah) of up to one third to someone who is not already an heir, and only then the fixed Quranic shares.
Heirs fall into two groups. Fixed sharers (ashab al-furud) — such as the spouse, parents and daughters — receive a named fraction stated in Surah an-Nisa. Residuaries (asabah) — sons, the father, brothers — take whatever remains, with a male receiving twice the portion of a female of the same class.
When the fixed shares add up to more than the whole estate, every share is reduced proportionally — this is called ʿawl. When they add up to less and there is no residuary, the surplus is returned to the blood relatives in proportion to their shares — this is called radd. Both are applied automatically above.
This calculator covers the most common combinations of heirs. Cases involving half-siblings, grandchildren, distant kindred, a missing or unborn heir, or contested estates must be referred to a qualified scholar or an Islamic inheritance specialist. Results are indicative and are not legal advice.