both parents, he gets one-sixth, which is half of what is in her hand, and there is nothing for the acknowledged one. If he does not confirm her, she has acknowledged for him what he does not claim, so it is possible that it remains in her hand and her acknowledgment is not valid, and it is possible that they reach a settlement over it because it does not go beyond them and its matter has become ambiguous, and it is possible that it belongs to the public treasury (bayt al-mal) because it is property for which no entitled person has been established and no one claims it. If the brother acknowledges a brother of his from both parents, he has three-eighths of what is in his hand, because the problem of acknowledgment is out of twelve; he has five of it, and in his hand is eight, so the excess in his hand is three.

Section: If he left two sons, and the elder acknowledges two brothers, and the younger confirms him in one of them, the lineage of the one agreed upon is established, so they become three. The problem of acknowledgment is then out of three, and the problem of denial is out of four; so you multiply the problem of acknowledgment by the problem of denial, it becomes twelve. The younger has one share from the problem of denial in the problem of acknowledgment, which is four; the elder has one share in the problem of denial, which is three; and the one agreed upon, if he acknowledges his companion, is like the share of the elder, and if he denies [him], he is like the share of the younger. Abu al-Khattab mentioned that the one agreed upon, if he confirms his companion, does not take from the denier more than a quarter of what is in his hand, because he does not claim more than that, and he and the one differed over take from the elder half of what is in his hand, so it is valid out of eight; the denier has three-eighths, the acknowledger has two shares, the one agreed upon has two shares, and the other has one share. Ibn al-Labban mentioned that this is the qiyas (analogy) of the statement of Malik and Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him. There is consideration in this, because the denier acknowledges that he is not entitled to more than one-third, and one who claims the increase has appeared, so it is obligatory to pay it to him. The parallel of this is if a person claimed a house in the hand of a man, and he acknowledged it for another, so the acknowledged one said: It is only for this claimant. It is then paid to him. Al-Khabri refuted this statement of Ibn al-Labban and said: According to this, three-eighths remain with the denier, and he does not claim more than