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English translation
2890. It was reported from Huzail bin Shuraḥbil Al-Awdī who said: "A man came to Abū Mūsā Al-Ash'arī
and Salmān bin Rabī'ah and asked them about (the case where a person dies and leaves behind) a daughter, a son's daughter, and a sister from the father and the mother. They replied: 'His daughter gets half, and the sister from the father and mother gets half' — and they did not allot any inheritance to the son's daughter — 'Go to Ibn Mas'ūd and you will see that he agrees with me.' So the man came to him and asked him, and told him of their saying. He replied: 'I would be misguided then, not among those who are guided. Rather, I am going to decide on the matter according to the decision of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: For the daughter; half, and the son's daughter gets one share, which completes two-thirds, and what remains goes to the sister from the father and the mother."
(Sahih)
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[1] An-Nisā' 4:176.
Commentary
The reply given by 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd is based on what is known as the Verse of Inheritance that reads: If (there are) women (only daughters), two or more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance (An-Nisā' 4:11). Thus, once a single daughter has been given one-half of the inheritance, what the granddaughter gets is only one-sixth of the share. They will thus both complete the share meant for two daughters.
