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2092. Jābir bin 'Abdullāh said: "The wife of Sa'd bin Ar-Rabī'
came with her two daughters from Sa'd to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! These two are daughters of Sa'd bin Ar-Rabī' who fought along with you on the Day of Uhud and was martyred. Their uncle took their wealth, without leaving any wealth for them, and they will not be married unless they have wealth.' He said: 'Allāh will decide on that matter.' The Āyah about inheritance was revealed, so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent (word) to their uncle saying: 'Give the two daughters of Sa'd two thirds, and give their mother one eighth, and whatever remains; then it is for you.'" [1] (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ, we do not know of it except as a narration of 'Abdullāh bin Muḥammad bin 'Aqīl (a narrator in the chain).
Sharīk also reported it from 'Abdullāh bin Muḥammad bin 'Aqīl.
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Commentary
What the Hadīth instructs us is that just as more than two daughters get two thirds of the inherited wealth; two daughters also get the same, viz. two-thirds of the inherited wealth.
This is the view of the vast majority of scholars, which is on the correct side. The mother of course, in the presence of a child or more, gets just one-eighth of the wealth.
