| Rule |
Situation |
Asset Distribution |
| 1 |
Surviving spouse, no issue, no parent
|
Spouse: 100% |
| 2 |
Surviving spouse and issues
|
Spouse: 50% |
| 3 |
Surviving spouse and issues
|
Issues: 50% |
| 4 |
Surviving spouse and parents
|
Spouse: 50%, Parents: 50% |
| 5 |
No spouse, no issue
|
Parents: 100% |
| 6 |
No surviving parent
|
Siblings: 100% |
| 7 |
No surviving parent, sibling
|
Grandparents: 100% |
| 8 |
No surviving parent, sibling, grandparent
|
Uncles and aunts: 100% |
| 9 |
No next-of-kin
|
Government: 100% |
S2 of Intestate Succession Act : “Nothing in this Act shall apply to the estate of any Muslim or shall affect any rules of the Muslim law in respect of the distribution of the estate of any such person.
