A man with several wives who divorces one and then dies, and it is not known which he divorced

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked: If a man has several wives, divorces one of them and dies, but it is not known whom he divorced, what is the ruling? He said: Each of them will receive as much of the divorce as she receives of the inheritance.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man had four wives; he divorced one of them and married another woman, then he died, and it was not known whom he had divorced. In this case, three-quarters of the (wives') inheritance will go to the first four wives, and the fifth will receive one quarter.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a man has four wives and divorces one of them, and it is not known whom he divorced, and then he marries a fifth, then the one he married will receive a quarter of the (wives') inheritance, and the remaining three-quarters will go to the other women.

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a man has four wives, divorces one of them, marries a fifth, and then dies, and it is not known whom he divorced, in this case a quarter of the eighth will go to the woman he married last, and three-quarters will go to the other four women.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about this, and he said: A quarter of the quarter, or a quarter of the eighth, will go to the woman he married last, and the rest will be divided among the other women.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) and al-Hasan said: Lots will be drawn between them.