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 two-thirds plus two-thirds of thing, the moiety of which, namely, three dirhems and one-third plus one-third of thing, returns as his portion to the husband. Thus the heirs of the husband obtain (as his share) ninety-three dirhems and one-third, less two-thirds of thing; and this is twice as much as the sum given to the woman, which was thing, since the woman had power to bequeath one-third of all which the husband left; and twice as much as the gift to her is two things. Remove now the ninety-three and one-third, from two-thirds of thing, and add these to the two things. Then you have ninety-three dirhems and one-third equal to two things and two-thirds. One thing is three-eighths of it, namely, as much as three-eighths of the ninety-three and one-third, that is, thirty-five dirhems.

If the question is the same, with this exception only, that the wife has ten dirhems of debts, and that she bequeaths one-third of her capital; then the Computa-