Volume 8, Book 80, Number 735:
Narrated Jabir:
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While I was sick, the Prophet entered upon me and asked for some water to perform ablution, and
after he had finished his ablution, he sprinkled some water of his ablution over me, whereupon I be –
came conscious and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have sisters.” Then the Divine Verses regarding the
laws of inheritance were revealed.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 734:
Narrated Huzail:
‘Abdullah said, “The judgment I will give in this matter will be like the judgment of the Prophet, i.e.
one-half is for the daughter and one-sixth for the son’s daughter and the rest of the inheritance for
the sister.”
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 733:
Narrated Al-Aswad:
Mu’adh bin Jabal gave this verdict for us in the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle. One-half of the inherit –
ance is to be given to the daughter and the other half to the sister. Sulaiman said: Mu’adh gave a ver –
dict for us, but he did not mention that it was so in the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 732:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle gave the judgment that a male or female slave should be given in Qisas for an
abortion case of a woman from the tribe of Bani Lihyan (as blood money for the fetus) but the lady
on whom the penalty had been imposed died, so the Prophets ordered that her property be inherited
by her offspring and her husband and that the penalty be paid by her Asaba.
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 731:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
(During the early days of Islam), the inheritance used to be given to one’s offspring and legacy
used to be bequeathed to the parents, then Allah cancelled what He wished from that order and de –
creed that the male should be given the equivalent of the portion of two females, and for the parents
one-sixth for each of them, and for one’s wife one-eighth (if the deceased has children) and one-
fourth (if he has no children), for one’s husband one-half (if the deceased has no children) and one-
fourth (if she has children).”
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 730:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
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The person about whom Allah’s Apostle said, “If I were to take a Khalil from this nation (my fol –
lowers), then I would have taken him (i.e., Abu Bakr), but the Islamic Brotherhood is better (or said:
good),” regarded a grandfather as the father himself (in inheritance).
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 729:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “Give the Fara’id, (the shares prescribed in the Qur’an) to those who are entitled
to receive it, and then whatever remains, should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased.”
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 728:
Narrated Huzail bin Shirahbil:
Abu Musa was asked regarding (the inheritance of) a daughter, a son’s daughter, and a sister. He
said, “The daughter will take one-half and the sister will take one-half. If you go to Ibn Mas’ud, he
will tell you the same.” Ibn Mas’ud was asked and was told of Abu Musa’s verdict. Ibn Mas’ud then
said, “If I give the same verdict, I would stray and would not be of the rightly-guided. The verdict I
will give in this case, will be the same as the Prophet did, i.e. one-half is for daughter, and one-sixth
for the son’s daughter, i.e. both shares make two-thirds of the total property; and the rest is for the
sister.” Afterwards we cams to Abu Musa and informed him of Ibn Mas’ud’s verdict, whereupon he
said, “So, do not ask me for verdicts, as long as this learned man is among you.”