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 Masʿud, he will tell you the same." Ibn Masʿud was asked and was told of Abu Musa's verdict. Ibn Masʿud 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 ﷺ 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 Masʿud's verdict, whereupon he said, "So, do not ask me for verdicts, as long as this learned man is among you."  

لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ أَقْضِي فِيهَا بِمَا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلاِبْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلاِبْنَةِ ابْنٍ السُّدُسُ تَكْمِلَةَ الثُّلُثَيْنِ وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلأُخْتِ فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِقَوْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ لاَ تَسْأَلُونِي مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ فِيكُمْ  

[Machine] "For the daughter, half. And for the sister, half. And nothing is allocated for the daughter of the son. They asked Ibn Mas'ood, and he said, 'Ask Ibn Mas'ood, for he follows me.' So they asked Ibn Mas'ood and he informed them of the statement of Ash'ari, and he said, 'I have indeed gone astray, and I am not among the guided. I judge among you by the decree of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , who said, 'For the daughter, half. And for the daughter of the son, one-sixth. And for the sister, one-third.' The news reached Ash'ari and he said, 'Do not ask me about anything as long as this ink is among you.'"  

لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلِلْأُخْتِ النِّصْفُ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ شَيْئًا وَقَالَ سَلُوا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يُتَابِعُنِي فَسَأَلُوا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ فَقَالَ قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ وَلِلْأُخْتِ الثُّلُثُ» فَبَلَغَ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ فَقَالَ لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ  

[Machine] "For the daughter, it is half, and for the sister, it is half. Come to Abdullah and he will follow me. So Abdullah came and mentioned that to him. He said, 'I found in the book that I have gone astray, and I am not one of the guided ones. I will judge in it according to what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has decreed: for the daughter, it is half, for the daughter of the son, it is one-sixth, and what remains is for the sister.' So he came to Abu Musa and mentioned that to him. He said, 'Do not ask me about anything as long as this ink is between your faces.'"  

لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلِلْأُخْتِ النِّصْفُ وَائْتِ عَبْدَ اللهِ فَسَيُتَابِعُنِي فَأَتَى عَبْدَ اللهِ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قَالَ فَوَجَدْتُ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ أَقْضِي فِيهَا بِمَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ فَأَتَى أَبَا مُوسَى فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ  

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 Masʿud, he will tell you the same." Ibn Masʿud was asked and was told of Abu Musa's verdict. Ibn Masʿud 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 ﷺ 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 Masʿud's verdict, whereupon he said, "So, do not ask me for verdicts, as long as this learned man is among you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6736)   

قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ لَأَقْضِيَنَّ فِيهَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ فَأَتَوْا أَبَا مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ لَا تَسْأَلُونِي وَهَذَا الْحَبْرُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ  

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 Masʿud, he will tell you the same." Ibn Masʿud was asked and was told of Abu Musa's verdict. Ibn Masʿud 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 ﷺ 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 Masʿud's verdict, whereupon he said, "So, do not ask me for verdicts, as long as this learned man is among you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6736)   

لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ أَقْضِي فِيهَا بِمَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ تَكْمِلَةً لِلْثُلُثَيْنِ وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيَّ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِقَوْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ فِيكُمْ