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2724. It was narrated that Ibn Dhu'aib said: "A grandmother came to Abu Bakr Siddiq and asked him for her inheritance. Abu Bakr said to her: 'You have nothing according to the Book of Allāh, and I don't know of any thing for you according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. Go back until I ask the people.' So he asked the people and Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said: 'I was present with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he gave her (the grandmother) one sixth.' Abu Bakr said: 'Is there anyone else with you (who will corroborate what you say)?' Muhammad bin Maslamah Al-Ansāri stood up and said something like what Mughirah bin Shu'bah had said. So Abu Bakr applied it in her case."
"Then the other grandmother, on the father's side, came to 'Umar and asked him for her inheritance. He said: 'You have nothing according to the Book of Allāh. The ruling that was passed applied to someone other than you, and I will not make any addition to the shares of inheritance. But it is one sixth. If
there are two of you then it is to be shared between you, and if one of you is alone then it all belongs to her.”’ (Sahih)
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Commentary
The Arabic word Jaddah is used for grandmothers, both the mother's mother and the father's mother. In this event the second lady was the father's mother. It clarifies that first lady mentioned in this narration was the mother's mother, and the second was the father's mother.
The share from the legacy for both grandmothers, either from the side of father or from the side of mother, is fixed, and it is one sixth. If both are alive, this one sixth share is divided between these two ladies.
