Distant kindred (dhū ’l-raḥm): every relative who is neither a fixed sharer nor a residuary; they are four categories. The first: children of daughters and children of sons’ daughters, however low [in descent].
تحفة الملوكZayn al-Dīn al-Rāzīفصل [في الأَرحام]
Chapter on distant kindred (dhawū ’l-arḥām)
The second: eliminated grandfathers and eliminated grandmothers, however high [in ascent].
The eliminated grandfather: every grandfather between whom and the deceased is a mother.
والجدّة الفاسدة: كلّ جدّة يدخل بينها وبين الميت ذكرٌ بين أنثيين.
The eliminated grandmother: every grandmother between whom and the deceased is a male between two females.
الثالث: بنات الأخوة مطلقاً، وأولاد الأخوات مطلقاً، وبنو الأخوة لأم.
The third: daughters of brothers unrestrictedly, children of sisters unrestrictedly, and sons of uterine brothers.
الرابع: عمات الميت وأَخواله وخالاته مطلقاً، وأعمامه لأم وبناتهم مطلقاً.
The fourth: the deceased’s paternal aunts and his maternal uncles and maternal aunts unrestrictedly, and his paternal uncles through the mother and their daughters unrestrictedly.
فهؤلاء وكلّ مَن تفرَّع منهم ذوو الأرحام.
These and everyone branched from them are distant kindred.
ولا يرثون إلا إذا لم يكن للميت صاحب فرض غير الزوج والزوجة ولا عصبة.
They do not inherit except when the deceased has no fixed sharer apart from husband or wife, and no residuary.
ويقدَّم الصنف الأول، ثم الثاني، ثم الثالث، ثم الرابع.
The first category is given precedence, then the second, then the third, then the fourth.
ومتى اجتمع ذكرٌ وأنثى من صنفٍ واحدٍ وتساووا في الدرجة والجهة قسِمَ المال بينهما {لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْل حَظِّ الأنثَيَيْنِ} ، وإن وجد منهم واحدٌ لا غير أَخَذَ كلَّ المال.
Whenever a male and female of one category meet and are equal in degree and line, the property is divided between them {for the male the like of the portion of two females}; and if only one of them exists, he or she takes the whole estate.