He died and left behind a wife, four sons and four daughters
Question

                If a person dies and leaves behind four daughters, four sons and a wife, and he leaves for example 120,000 dirhams, how should his estate be divided? .
Praise be to Allah.
    The division in this case is one of the issues of al-faraa’id 
    (division of inheritance) which is governed by two verses in the Book of 
    Allaah: 

    1 – The verse in which Allaah states the inheritance of the 
    wife (interpretation of the meaning): 

    “but if you leave a 
    child, they get an eighth of that which you leave”

    [al-Nisa’ 4:12]

    This verse allocates to the wife one-eighth of the estate if 
    there is a son of the husband. 

    2 – The verse in which Allaah states the inheritance of the 
    children if there are both males and females (interpretation of the 
    meaning): 

    “Allaah commands you 
    as regards your children’s (inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to 
    that of two females”

    [al-Nisa’ 4:11].

    Based on this, the estate is to be divided as follows: 

    1 – The wife gets one-eight of the estate. 

    2 – The rest is given to the sons and daughters, with the 
    male getting a share equal to that of two females. 

    Dividing an estate of 120,000 dirhams is done in the 
    following manner:


        Inheritor


        Basic division 
        of shares


        Units for 
        working out amount of shares


        Division of 
        the estate




        8


        96


        120,000


        wife


        1


        12


        15,000


        4 sons


        7


        56


        70,000


        4 daughters


        (included with 
        sons’ shares)


        28


        35,000

     The value of one unit is: 120,000 divided by 96 = 1250 
    dirhams. 

    The wife’s share of the estate is 12 x 1250 = 15,000 
    dirhams. 

    The share of all the sons is 56 x 1250 = 70,000 dirhams. 

    The share of one son is 70,000 divided by 4 = 17,500 
    dirhams. 

    The share of all the daughters is 28 x 1250 = 35,000 
    dirhams. 

    The share of one daughter is 35,000 divided by 4 = 8750 
    dirhams. 

    And Allaah knows best.