Question 2416) - Are there certain relatives who nullify the shares of others?

A: Yes, there are several which nullify others:
1. Maternal and paternal grandmothers are nullified if there is a mother.
2. The father nullifies the grandfathers and brothers.
3. A mother's child is nullified by any of these four - a child, son's child, father and grandfather nullify.
4. When daughters acquire two-thirds the son's daughters are dropped, unless there is equal to them or lower than them a son?s son, in which case they inherit as'Asabat.*
5. When the full sisters acquire two-thirds the sisters who share only a father with the deceased are dropped, unless they have a brother, in which case they inherit as 'Asabat.

* A male gets double the share of each female.

~ al-Quduri ~