Chapter 21

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ : أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ فِي أُخْتٍ، وَأُمٍّ، ٍّوَزَوْجٍ، وَ...

Hadrat Zaid ibn Thabit (may Allah be well pleased with him) ruled regarding a sister, mother, husband, and grandfather: he made it from twenty-seven shares — th...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ :" إِنَّ أَوَّلَ جَدَّةٍ...

Hadrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "The first grandmother to be given a share in Islam was the paternal grandmother (mother of the f...

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ : " أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ ...

Hadrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be well pleased with them both) narrated that the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) gave the gra...

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيّ...

Hadrat Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib narrated that Hadrat Umar (may Allah be well pleased with him) gave the grandmother inheritance alongside her son.

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَ...

Ibrahim narrated: The Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) gave three grandmothers one sixth. I asked Ibrahim: Who are they? He...

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنِي الْحَسَنُ ، قَالَ :" تَرِثُ الْجِدَّةُ وَ...

Al-Hasan stated: "The grandmother inherits even while her son is alive."

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ :" لَا تَرِثُ أُمُّ أَبِ ا...

Al-Sha'bi stated: "The mother of the maternal grandfather's father does not inherit. The one through whom she traces her connection does not inherit, so how can...

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ عُلَيَّةَ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي ا...

Hadrat Imran ibn Husain (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "The grandmother inherits even while her son is alive."

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : جَاءَتْ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ جَدَّةٌ أُمُّ أَبٍ، ...

Al-Zuhri narrated: A grandmother — either a paternal or maternal grandmother — came to Hadrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be well pleased with him) and said: My grandso...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، وَزَيْدٍ قَالَا :" إِذَا كَانَتْ الْجَ...

Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Zaid (may Allah be well pleased with them both) stated: "When the grandmothers are equal (in degree), three grandmothers inherit: the two ...

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، وَزَيْدٍ : " أَنَّهُمَا كَانَالا ...

Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Zaid (may Allah be well pleased with them both) did not give the paternal grandmother (father's mother) inheritance alongside the father.

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ : أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ كَانَ" لَا يُوَرّ...

Hadrat Uthman (may Allah be well pleased with him) did not give the grandmother inheritance while her son was alive.

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ :" إِنَّ الْجَدَّاتِ لَ...

Hadrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "Grandmothers do not have a fixed inheritance share; it is merely a provision that was given to t...

أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ...

Hadrat Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "The grandmother inherits even while her son is alive."

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ : " جِئْنَ أَرْبَعُ جَدَّاتٍ يَتَسَاوَقْنَ إِلَى ...

Al-Sha'bi narrated: Four grandmothers came one after another to Masruq. He excluded the mother of the father's father, and gave inheritance to three: the two gr...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي ابْنَةٍ، وَاب...

Hadrat Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him) ruled regarding a daughter and a son's daughter: "The daughter gets one half, and the son's daughter gets o...

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّه : "...

Hadrat Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him) was asked about maternal brothers and a mother. He gave the maternal brothers one third and the mother the ...

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ ابْنَتَهُ، لَا يُعْ...

Al-Sha'bi was asked about a man who died and left behind only his daughter, no other known heir. He said: "She gets the entire estate."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَا...

Hadrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be well pleased with him) would not return (radd) to a maternal brother alongside a mother, nor to a grandmother if there was someo...

وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ " يَرُدُّ عَلَى كُلِّ ذِي سَهْمٍ، إِلَّا الْمَرْأَةَ وَالزَّوْجَ "

Hadrat Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) used to return (radd) to every prescribed heir, except the wife and husband.