English
Qabisah ibn Dhuwayb narrated: A grandmother came to Abu Bakr asking about her inheritance. He said to her: You have nothing in the Book of Allah, nor in the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ). Return until I ask people about it. He asked, and Al-Mughirah ibn Shu’bah said: I was present when the Prophet (ﷺ) gave her one-sixth. Abu Bakr said: Is there anyone else with you? Muhammad ibn Maslamah stood and said the same as Al-Mughirah, so Abu Bakr implemented it for her. Then another grandmother came to Umar asking about her inheritance. He said: It is that one-sixth. If you are together, it is shared between you, and whichever of you is alone with it, it is hers.
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 2894 (unverified) 96% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 2724 (unverified) 91% confidence
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2100 (unverified) 75% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) The statement: Gave her one-sixth—For this reason, it is said in Sharh Al-Fara’id by As-Sayyid: A grandmother gets one-sixth, whether maternal or paternal, whether one or more, if they are established and equal in degree. They are all excluded by the mother, and paternal grandmothers are also excluded by the father. As for the interpretation of what Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he gave the father’s mother one-sixth in the presence of the father, it may be that the father of that deceased was a slave or a disbeliever.
Note 1
(۱)قوله: أعطاها السدس إلخ ولذلك قال في شرح الفرائض للسيد للجدة السدس لأم كانت أو لأب، واحدة كانت أو أكثر، إذا كن ثابتات متحاذيات في الدرجة، ويسقطن كلهن بالأم والأبويات أيضًا بالأب، وأما تأويل ما رواه ابن مسعود الله عن النبي الله أنه أعطى أم الأب السدس مع وجود الأب، فهو أنه يحتمل أن يكون أبو ذلك الميت رقيقا أو كافرًا.