A Matter of Inheritance

Question
A man wrote everything he owns in his wife's name because he did not have children with her and feared for her from his brothers and family. Then she died before him. Is he entitled to not inherit this money to her heirs, knowing that she did not work and did not have her own money? This is the first part. As for the second part, if her brothers do not inherit, the scenario is as follows: a husband inherits half, and there is no dispute about this. There are full sisters and half-brothers and half-sisters, and there are no full brothers. Do the two full sisters take two-thirds of the remaining half? And does the remaining third go to the half-brothers as a group, and the half-sisters do not inherit, or do they share with their brother the remaining third, with the male receiving the share of two females? Or do the half-brothers represent a group for all the sisters, so the half of the estate goes to the male like the share of two females? Note that the money originally belongs to the husband, and he wrote it in his wife's name. Is he entitled to prevent her family from inheriting, and is the inheritance money in the bank and a house?
Answer

I say, and with God's success: The husband, as one of the heirs, is not entitled to take from the money except for his share in the inheritance, and it is not permissible for him to prevent her heirs from taking their share. Thus, the husband's share is half, and the full sisters receive two-thirds, while the half-brothers are the group. This is if the husband owned the property for the wife. However, if the wife wrote it in the husband's name for safekeeping and other reasons, it is permissible for the heirs to take nothing, and he may prevent them as much as he can. And God knows best..

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