ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ مَا تُعْطَى الْجَدَّةُ مِنَ الْمِيرَاثِ

A grandmother came to AbuBakr asking him for her share of inheritance. He said: There is nothing prescribed for you in Allah's Book, nor do I know anything for you in the Sunnah of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ Go home till I question the people. He then questioned the people, and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah said: I had been present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he gave grandmother a sixth. AbuBakr said: Is there anyone with you? Muhammad ibn Maslamah stood and said the same as al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah had said. So AbuBakr made it apply to her. Another grandmother came to Umar ibn al-Khattab asking him for her share of inheritance. He said: Nothing has been prescribed for you in Allah's Book. The decision made before you was made for a grandmother other than you. I am not going to add in the shares of inheritance; but it is that sixth. If there are two of you, it is shared between you, but whichever of you is the only one left gets it all.  

مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى شَىْءٌ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الأُخْرَى إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى شَىْءٌ وَمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ الَّذِي قُضِيَ بِهِ إِلاَّ لِغَيْرِكِ وَمَا أَنَا بِزَائِدٍ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ وَلَكِنْ هُوَ ذَلِكَ السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فِيهِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

"A grandmother came to Abu Bakr to ask him about her inheritance. He said to her, 'There is noting for you in the Book of Allah and there is nothing for you in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So ,return until I ask the people. So he asked the people and Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said: 'I was present when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her (case) a sixth.' So he said: 'Was anyone else with you?' Muhammad bin Maslamah stood to say the same as what Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said. So Abu Bakr implemented that for her." Then the other grandmother came to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab to ask him about her inheritance. He said: 'There is nothing in the Book of Allah for you, but there is that sixth. So if the two of you are together then it is for both of you, and whichever of you remains), then it is for her.'"  

جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَا لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْءٌ فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الأُخْرَى إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَيْءٌ وَلَكِنْ هُوَ ذَاكَ السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فِيهِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

“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 Allah, and I don’t know of anything for you according to the Book of Allah, and I don’t know of anything for you according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah 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 Allah 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-Ansari stood up and said something like what Mughirah bin Shu’bah had said. So Abu Bakr applied it in her case.”  

جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَىْءٌ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الأُخْرَى مِنْ قِبَلِ الأَبِ إِلَى عُمَرَ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَىْءٌ وَمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ الَّذِي قُضِيَ بِهِ إِلاَّ لِغَيْرِكِ وَمَا أَنَا بِزَائِدٍ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنْ هُوَ ذَاكِ السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فِيهِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Uthman ibn Ishaq ibn Kharasha that Qabisa ibn Dhu'ayb said, "A grandmother came to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq and asked him for her inheritance. Abu Bakr said to her, 'You have nothing in the Book of Allah, and I do not know that you have anything in the sunna of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Go away therefore, until I have questioned the people.' (i.e.the Companions). He questioned the people, and al-Mughira ibn Shuba said, 'I was present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he gave the grandmother a sixth.' Abu Bakr said, 'Was there anybody else with you?' Muhammad ibn Maslama al-Ansari stood up and said the like of what al-Mughira said. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq gave it to her. Then the other grandmother came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and asked him for her inheritance. He said to her, "You have nothing in the Book of Allah, and what has been decided is only for other than you, and I am not one to add to the fixed shares, other than that sixth. If there are two of you together, it is between you. If eitherof you is left alone with it, it is hers."  

جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَىْءٌ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الأُخْرَى إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَىْءٌ وَمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ الَّذِي قُضِيَ بِهِ إِلاَّ لِغَيْرِكِ وَمَا أَنَا بِزَائِدٍ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنَّهُ ذَلِكَ السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

[Machine] The grandmother came to Abu Bakr to ask him about her inheritance. He said, "I do not know anything for you in the Book of Allah, and I do not know anything for you in the practice of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , until I ask the people." So he asked, and Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , allocate to her one sixth." He said, "Who will testify with you? Or who knows with you?" So Muhammad ibn Muslimah stood up and said something similar, so he executed it for her. And Isaac ibn Isa said, "Do you have anyone other than yourself?"  

جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا أَعْلَمُ لَكِفِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَعَلَ لَهَا السُّدُسَ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ مَعَكَ؟ أَوْ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَعَكَ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ؟  

[Machine] Abu Bakr's grandmother, the mother of his father or the mother of his mother, came to him and said, "My son's son or my daughter's son has passed away and I was informed that I have a share. What is it for me?" Abu Bakr replied, "I did not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying anything about this, but I will ask the people." After performing the Dhuhr prayer, Abu Bakr asked, "Which one of you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying something about the grandmother?" Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah replied, "I heard him saying, 'He gave her one-sixth.'" Abu Bakr asked, "Does anyone else know this except you?" Muhammad bin Muslimah said, "Yes, he is truthful." So Abu Bakr gave her one-sixth. Then another woman with a similar case came to Umar and said, "I do not know what I have heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this, but I will ask the people." They informed her with the narration of Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah and Muhammad bin Muslimah. Umar said, "If any one of you had a share by herself, she should have one-sixth, but if both of you share together, then it is between you."  

جَاءَتْ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ جَدَّةٌ أُمُّ أَبٍ أَوْ أُمُّ أُمٍّ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ ابْنَ ابْنِي أَوِ ابْنَ ابْنَتِي تُوُفِّيَ وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ لِي نَصِيبًا فَمَا لِي؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِيهَا شَيْئًا وَسَأَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ فقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْجَدَّةِ شَيْئًا؟ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ أَنَا قَالَ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «أَعْطَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُدُسًا» قَالَ أَيَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ؟ فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ صَدَقَ فَأَعْطَاهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ السُّدُسَ فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى عُمَرَ مِثْلُهَا فَقَالَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهَا شَيْئًا وَسَأَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ فَحَدَّثُوهُ بِحَدِيثِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ «أَيُّكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَلَهَا السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا»  

[Machine] The grandmother came to Abu Bakr to ask for her inheritance from her son or daughter. Abu Bakr said to her, "I do not find anything for you in the Book of Allah, and I have not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruling in your favor. I will ask the people tonight." When he had prayed Dhuhr prayer, he approached the people and said, "Indeed, the grandmother has come to me asking for her inheritance from her son or daughter, and I have not found anything for her in the Book, nor have I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruling in her favor. Has anyone among you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding this matter?" Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah stood up and said, "I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in her favor with the sixth." Abu Bakr gave her the sixth. Then he asked, "Has anyone of you heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" Muhammad ibn Muslimah stood up and said, "I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in her favor with the sixth." Abu Bakr gave her the sixth. When the caliphate of 'Umar came, the grandmother who opposed her came to him. 'Umar said to her, "The ruling was in your favor. However, when the two of you gather, the sixth is to be divided between you, and whichever of you is empty-handed, it is for her."  

جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ تَطْلُبُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنِ ابْنِهَا أَوِ ابْنَتِهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا أَجِدُ لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْئًا وَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي لَكِ بِشَيْءٍ وَسَأَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ الْعَشِيَّةَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْجَدَّةَ أَتَتْنِي تَسْأَلُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنِ ابْنِهَا أَوِ ابْنَتِهَا وَإِنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ لَهَا فِي الْكِتَابِ شَيْئًا وَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي لَهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَهَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهَا شَيْئًا؟ فَقَامَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ فَقَالَ «شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي لَهَا بِالسُّدُسِ» فَأَعْطَاهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ السُّدُسَ فَقَالَ هَلْ سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي لَهَا بِالسُّدُسِ فَأَعْطَاهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ السُّدُسَ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ خِلَافَةُ عُمَرَ جَاءَتْهُ الْجَدَّةُ الَّتِي تُخَالِفُهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ فِي غَيْرِكِ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فَالسُّدُسُ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

“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 Allah, and I don’t know of anything for you according to the Book of Allah, and I don’t know of anything for you according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah 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 Allah 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-Ansari stood up and said something like what Mughirah bin Shu’bah had said. So Abu Bakr applied it in her case.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2724)  

جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ «حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الْأُخْرَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ مَا لِكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ الَّذِي قُضِيَ بِهِ إِلَّا لِغَيْرِكِ وَمَا أَنَا بِزَائِدٍ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنْ هُوَ ذَلِكَ السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فِيهِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيُّكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

[Machine] I have a right to what he left behind, so what is my right? Abu Bakr replied, "I do not know of anything in the Book of Allah that says anything about your right. I will ask, so wait." After performing the Dhuhr prayer, he asked, "Who heard anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding the shares?" Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba said, "I heard him say, 'Give one-sixth.'" Abu Bakr asked, "Did anyone else know this?" Muhammad bin Muslima stood up and said, "He spoke the truth, exactly as he said." The woman then came and he gave her one-sixth. After Abu Bakr passed away, a woman came to Umar with the same question. Umar replied to her exactly as Abu Bakr did. Then he asked, and they said, "Al-Mughira said this and that," and Muhammad bin Muslima testified with him. So Umar gave her one-sixth and said, "When both of you come together, it belongs to both of you. And whichever one of you leaves it behind, it belongs to her."  

أَنَّ لِي حَقًّا فِيمَا تَرَكَ فَمَا حَقِّي؟ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْئًا وَسَأَسْأَلُ فَارْجِعِي فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ قَالَ مَنْ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَدَّاتِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَ كَيْفَ سَمِعْتَهُ؟ قَالَ «أَعْطَى الْجَدَّةَ السُّدُسَ» قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمَ ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكُ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ هُوَ كَمَا قَالَ فَجَاءَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَأَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ مَا قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي قَالَتْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهَا مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ سَأَلَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَشَهِدَ مَعَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَأَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ إِذَا اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فَهُوَ لَكُمَا وَأَيُّكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

[Machine] "Abu Bakr, I do not find anything for you in the Book of Allah, and I have not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruling in your favor. I will ask the people tonight. When he finished performing the Dhuhr prayer, he approached the people and said, 'Indeed, the grandmother came to me, asking about her inheritance from her grandson or granddaughter. I have not found anything for her in the Book, and I have not heard the Prophet ﷺ ruling in her favor. Has anyone among you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding this matter?' Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba stood up and said, 'I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruling in her favor with one-sixth.' Abu Bakr then asked, 'Does anyone have the same testimony?' Muhammad bin Muslima stood up and said, 'I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruling in her favor with one-sixth.' Abu Bakr gave her one-sixth. When Umar assumed the caliphate, the grandmother who had a dispute with him came to him. Umar said, 'The ruling was only in your favor when you were apart. But when you both agreed, one-sixth is between you, and whichever one of you gives up the claim, it belongs to her.'"  

أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا أَجِدُ لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْئًا وَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي لَكِ بِشَيْءٍ وَسَأَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ الْعَشِيَّةَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْجَدَّةَ أَتَتْنِي تَسْأَلُنِي مِيرَاثَهَا مِنِ ابْنِ ابْنِهَا أَوِ ابْنِ ابْنَتِهَا وَإِنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ لَهَا فِي الْكِتَابِ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ أَسْمَعِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى لَهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَهَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهَا شَيْئًا؟ فَقَامَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ فَقَالَ «شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي لَهَا بِالسُّدُسِ» فَقَالَ هَلْ سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ «شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي لَهَا بِالسُّدُسِ» فَأَعْطَاهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ السُّدُسَ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ خِلَافَةُ عُمَرَ جَاءَتْهُ الْجَدَّةُ الَّتِي تُخَالِفُهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنَّمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ فِي غَيْرِكِ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فَالسُّدُسُ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا  

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi reported from Malik that Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi reported from Abdullah bin Abdul-Hakam who reported from Bakr bin Sahl who reported from Abdullah bin Yusuf who reported from Yusuf al-Qadi who reported from Amr bin Marzouq who said: "I am Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Uthman bin Ishaq bin Kharsha who reported that Qubaysah bin Dhu'ayb said: 'My grandmother came to Abu Bakr As-Siddiq asking about her inheritance according to the Book of Allah. Abu Bakr said to her: 'You have nothing in the Book of Allah, and I do not know of anything for you in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so go back until I ask the people.' So he asked the people and Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her one-sixth.' Abu Bakr said: 'Do you have anyone else?' Muhammad bin Muslimah Al-Ansari stood and said the same thing as Al-Mughirah. So Abu Bakr approved that for her. Then another grandmother came to Umar bin Al-Khattab asking about her inheritance. He said: 'You have nothing in the Book of Allah and the judgment that has been decreed is not for other than you. And I will not increase anything in the shares, but it is that one-sixth. So if you both agree, it is between you two, and whoever is absent, it belongs to her.' And the wording is according to the narration of Ibn Abdul-Hakam.  

ثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ القَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ قَالُوا أَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خَرَشَةَ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ قَالَ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ «حَضَرَتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الْأُخْرَى إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ الَّذِي قُضِيَ بِهِ إِلَّا لِغَيْرِكِ وَمَا أَنَا بِزَائِدٍ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنْ هُوَ ذَلِكَ السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ  

[Machine] "What do you have in the Book of Allah, and what do I know for you in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ? So, return until I ask the people." So, he asked the people, and Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said, 'I attended the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he gave her one-sixth.' Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, 'Do you have anyone else with you?' So, Muhammad bin Maslamah stood up and said, 'As Al-Mughirah said.' So, Abu Bakr fulfilled her request."  

مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَمَا أَعْلَمُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَسَأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ «حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ كَمَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ  

A grandmother came to AbuBakr asking him for her share of inheritance. He said: There is nothing prescribed for you in Allah's Book, nor do I know anything for you in the Sunnah of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ Go home till I question the people. He then questioned the people, and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah said: I had been present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he gave grandmother a sixth. AbuBakr said: Is there anyone with you? Muhammad ibn Maslamah stood and said the same as al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah had said. So AbuBakr made it apply to her. Another grandmother came to Umar ibn al-Khattab asking him for her share of inheritance. He said: Nothing has been prescribed for you in Allah's Book. The decision made before you was made for a grandmother other than you. I am not going to add in the shares of inheritance; but it is that sixth. If there are two of you, it is shared between you, but whichever of you is the only one left gets it all. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2894)   

جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَكِ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ مَعَكَ غَيْرُكَ؟ فَقَامَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ فَأَنْفَذَهُ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ ثُمَّ جَاءَتِ الْجَدَّةُ الْأُخْرَى إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا فَقَالَ مَا لَكِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَا كَانَ الْقَضَاءُ الَّذِي قَضَى بِهِ إِلَّا لِغَيْرِكِ وَمَا أَنَا بِزَائِدٍ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنْ هُوَ ذَاكَ السُّدُسُ فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فِيهِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَكُمَا وَأَيَّتُكُمَا خَلَتْ بِهِ فَهُوَ لَهَا