Frequently Asked Questions – (China Arab TV Interview)

August 6th, 2017

UAE Inheritance Calculator

To get an indication of how your assets would be distributed in the absence of a DIFC Will, please enter the number of all your family members in the table below. You can also add the number of any friends you would wish to benefit.

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Heir categories	Number	Heir categories	Number
Sons		Half-Brothers from Father
Daughters		Half-Sisters from Father
Sons of sons		Siblings from Mother
Daughters of Sons		Sons of Full Brothers
Husband		Sons of Half-Brothers from Father
Wife		Full Brothers of Father
Father		Half-Brothers of Father from their Father
Mother		Sons of Full Brothers of Father
Father (or higher) of Father		Sons of Half-Brothers of Father from their Father
Mother (or higher) of Father		Beneficiary Friends
Mother (or higher) of Mother		Other relatives to mother
Full Brothers		Full Sisters
Islamic Treasury

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Disclaimer:

The UAE Inheritance Calculator presented above is intended to illustrate the methodology that underpins the distribution of assets pursuant to local laws in the UAE. Its use by you does not constitute the provision of legal advice by the DIFC Wills Service Centre or the Registry and the figures generated from such use should not be relied upon in your decision making. The determination of the likely distribution of assets pursuant UAE and Sharia Law is a matter that requires expert legal advice from experienced lawyers and scholars. The DIFC Wills Service Centre and the Registry are not, nor purport to be, in a position to provide such advice and nothing on this website or in any materials published or otherwise disseminated by the DIFC Wills Service Centre or the Registry should be construed to the contrary.


Favor a jurisprudence school
	Juristic schools may have different opinions about how to divide up an estate. The IRTH program does not favor any specific school, but rather follows the recommendations of the book "Fiqh-us Sunna." If you prefer to follow a specific juristic school, click on the radio button next to its name.
	No preference
	Abu-Haneefa
	Malik
	Shafii
	Ibn Hanbal
	Egyptian law
	Allow reversion When the estate is undersubscribed after named heirs get their named shares, the majority of scholars divide up the remainder among the named heirs by the ratios of their named shares. This redivision of the remainder is called 'rudd' or reversion. Imam Malik did not allow reversion. Malik's students allowed reversion only if the treasury is corrupt. Checking this box means you want to allow reversion.
	Allow reversion to spouses The majority opinion does not include spouses in reversion, as they are not blood relatives. Uthman includes spouses in reversion as they are named heirs. Egyptian law includes spouses in reversion if they are the sole heirs. Checking this box means you want to allow reversion to spouses.
Bequest to non-heirs
	Specify a bequest to non-heirs as a fraction of the estate, e.g., 1/4, not to exceed 1/3 or leave blank