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2727. 'Umar bin Khattāb said:"There are three things, if theMessenger of Allāh ﷺ hadclarified them, that would havebeen dearer to me than the worldand everything in it: a person
who leaves behind no heir, usury, and the caliphate.” (Da’if)
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A person who leaves behind no heir, may have three types of brothers and sisters.
i. Real brothers and sisters (from the same mother and father).
ii. Stepbrothers and sisters (from the same father but from different mothers).
iii. Uterine brothers and sisters. (from the same mother but different fathers)
The explanation of (i) and (ii) is in Verse 176 Surat An-Nisâ and the explanation of (iii) is in Verse 12 Surat An-Nisâ.