the first. An example of this is a woman, a daughter from another, and a brother. The daughter dies and leaves behind a husband, a daughter, and a paternal uncle. The first issue is from eight: the woman has one share, the daughter has four, and there remains for the brother three. The issue of the second deceased is from four: her husband has one share, her daughter has two, and one share remains for the first brother. Thus, he [the brother] has four shares from the two issues, and the two issues are valid from eight. If the shares of the second deceased are not divisible by her issue, find the greatest common divisor (wafq) between her shares and her issue. If they agree, reduce her issue to its common divisor, then multiply it by the first issue; the result is the number from which both issues are valid. Then, each person who has a portion from the first issue is multiplied by the common divisor of the second issue, and each person who has a portion from the second issue is multiplied by the common divisor of the shares of the second deceased. An example of this is if the daughter left behind a husband and two daughters; her issue is from twelve. Her shares agree with it by one-fourth, so it reduces to three, which is multiplied by eight, resulting in twenty-four. The woman has one share from the first [multiplied] by three, which is three, and the brother has three [multiplied] by three, which is nine. He also has one share from the second [multiplied] by one, which makes ten. The husband has three [multiplied] by one, and the two daughters have eight. If her shares do not agree with her issue, multiply the second issue by the first, then multiply each person who has a portion from the first issue by the second [issue], and whoever has a portion from the second [issue] by the shares of the second deceased. If a third person dies, process their issue and examine their shares in relation to the number from which the first two issues are valid. If it is divisible by their issue, it is valid from what the first two were valid from. If it is not valid, find the common divisor between their issue and their shares, and multiply the common divisor of their issue (if they agree) or the entire [issue] (if they do not agree) by the number from which the first two were valid, and calculate according to what we have mentioned. You proceed likewise for the fourth, fifth, and those after them.

Section: If you wish to divide the issue into carats of a dinar—and in the custom of our country, this is twenty-four carats—if the shares are numerous, you have two ways to divide them. The first is