How are daughters' and sons' inheritance shares calculated under faraid in the UAE?

Under Sharia (faraid), both sons and daughters are heirs of their father, but their shares are calculated in a fixed proportional relationship set by Islamic law, with the calculation also affected by other surviving heirs such as the spouse and parents. Daughters are entitled to inherit in their own right, not excluded, and where there are sons and daughters together the estate is divided among the children according to the recognised proportional rule after the spouse's and parents' fixed shares are taken and debts and valid bequests are settled. In the UAE, the personal status (Sharia) court performs this calculation based on the complete list of surviving relatives and issues a ruling identifying each child's exact entitlement, which forms the legal heir certificate. Because the precise amounts depend on the full family composition, confirm your specific shares with the court rather than estimating. Verified UAE legal professionals on LEXAI can prepare the application and ensure each heir's share is correctly recorded.