85. Laws of Inheritance

٨٥۔ كتاب الفرائض

85.9 The shares of inheritance for the paternal grandfather, the father and brothers

٨٥۔٩ باب مِيرَاثِ الْجَدِّ مَعَ الأَبِ وَالإِخْوَةِ

[Machine] Abu Bakr, Ibn Abbas, and Ibn Zubair are all biological fathers. Ibn Abbas recited, "O children of Adam" and "I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." It is not mentioned that anyone disagreed with Abu Bakr during his time, and the companions of the Prophet ﷺ are present. Ibn Abbas said, "My grandson will inherit from me, not my brothers, and I will not inherit from my grandson." Various statements are attributed to Umar, Ali, Ibn Masud, and Zaid.

وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الْجَدُّ أَبٌ. وَقَرَأَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: {يَا بَنِي آدَمَ}، {وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ آبَائِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ}. وَلَمْ يُذْكَرْ أَنَّ أَحَدًا خَالَفَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فِي زَمَانِهِ وَأَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُتَوَافِرُونَ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: يَرِثُنِي ابْنُ ابْنِي دُونَ إِخْوَتِي، وَلاَ أَرِثُ أَنَا ابْنَ ابْنِي. وَيُذْكَرُ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعَلِيٍّ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَزَيْدٍ أَقَاوِيلُ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ.

bukhari:6737Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ 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."  

البخاري:٦٧٣٧حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلْحِقُوا الْفَرَائِضَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ فَلأَوْلَى رَجُلٍ ذَكَرٍ  

bukhari:6738Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ammā al--Adhī

The person about whom Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If I were to take a Khalil from this nation (my followers), 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).  

البخاري:٦٧٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَمَّا الَّذِي

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُهُ وَلَكِنْ خُلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ قَالَ خَيْرٌ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَهُ أَبًا أَوْ قَالَ قَضَاهُ أَبًا