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Regarding The Grandmother

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Darussalam · Volume 3

18. The Book Of Inheritance

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 2894 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 121

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2894. It was reported from Qabiṣah bin Dhu’aib who said: “A grandmother came to Abū Bakr, may Allāh be pleased with him, asking him about her share of inheritance. He replied. 'There is nothing prescribed for you in the Book of Allāh, and I do not know of anything for you in the Sunnah of Allāh's Prophet ﷺ. Go back, until I ask the people about it.' Then he asked the people about it. Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said: 'I was with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he gave her one-sixth.' Abū Bakr said: 'Do you have anybody else with you (to testify)?' Muḥammad bin Maslamah stood up and said the same as what Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah had said, so Abū Bakr implemented it for her. Then another grandmother came to 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb asking about her inheritance. He said: 'There is nothing prescribed for you in the Book of Allāh, and the decision made before you for a grandmother was for other than you. I am not going to add anything in the shares of inheritance, but it is only one-sixth. If the two of you remain together then you share it, and whichever of you two is left alone, then it is for her.'" (Saḥīḥ)

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2894 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خَرَشَةَ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا؟ فَقَالَ: مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى شَيْءٌ، وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا، فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ، فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ، «حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ»، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، فَقَالَ: مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ ، فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الْأُخْرَى إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا، فَقَالَ: «مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى شَيْءٌ، وَمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ الَّذِي قُضِيَ بِهِ إِلَّا لِغَيْرِكِ، وَمَا أَنَا بِزَائِدٍ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ، وَلَكِنْ هُوَ ذَلِكَ السُّدُسُ، فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فِيهِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا، وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا»

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The Arabic word Jiddah applies to both, paternal and maternal grandmothers who get one-sixth portion of the inheritance.