Question:
My other passed away in 2016. My brother pre-deceased her as he passed away in 1999. My mother received inheritance from her late father's estate to the value of +/- R502 048.44. This amount was equally distributed amongst the surviving 2 brothers, sister and the one deceased brother's family that passed away in 1999.
1. Is this distribution according to Shari'ah?
2. How should it be corrected?
3. Is the deceased's brother's family entitled to a share?
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