He died and left behind a son and three daughters; the estate includes five apartments – how should they be shared out?
Question

                My father died leaving behind a house that contains four shops and an apartment on the ground floor, to be divided according to sharee‘ah with each male getting the share of two females. He also left five apartments of which I (a male) live in one, and my three sisters live in three others, and my father's apartment, which is empty. What is the ruling on sharing out the apartments among us (one male and three females)?.
Praise be to Allah.
      If your father died and left behind a son and three 
      daughters, and he did not leave behind any other heirs, then the estate is 
      to be divided among you, with the male getting the share of two females. 

    So the son is like two daughters; the estate should be 
    divided into five portions, of which the son takes two. 

    If the father left behind five apartments, and they are equal 
    in size and value, or the heirs agree to the differences in size and value, 
    then the son should take two apartments and each daughter should take one. 

    If the son agrees to give one apartment to be kept for the 
    family, then he may do so. If they all agree to leave this apartment (for 
    the use of the entire family) and divide the four others among themselves, 
    they may do so and the son should take compensation from his sisters for the 
    fifth apartment that he gave up. 

    What matters is understanding the principle, which is that 
    the estate in this case is to be divided into five parts, because the male 
    is equivalent to two females. But the heir may donate his share or part of 
    it to whoever he wants. 

    And Allah knows best.