Distribution Of Inheritance In Quran: Is It Justice ?
1) Your distribution of wealth relating to the widows is correct. However, the remaining share does not necessarily need to go to the closest male relative. The Hadith that states so should be considered as a suggestion (which, in my opinion, is based on the principle of “closeness due to benefit” mentioned in Surah Nisa;11) and is not an order. In many countries, any estate that has no heir becomes the property of the state. 2) Regarding widows, there is a separate set of directives for them. One of them is that they are eligible for recieving one year’s maintenance from the husband’s estate besides the will; “And those of you who die and leave widows should bequeath for their widows a year’s provision and [bequeath] that [in this period] they shall not be turned out of their residences; but if they themselves leave the residence, there is no blame on you for what they do with themselves according to the norms of society. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise” (2:240). Therefore, the division of the estate still holds fair.