Hadith 6737
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."
Hadith 6738
حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ
عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : أَمَّا الَّذِي ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ خَلِيلًا ، لَاتَّخَذْتُهُ وَلَكِنْ خُلَّةُ الْإِسْلَامِ أَفْضَلُ " أَوْ قَالَ خَيْرٌ ، فَإِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَهُ أَبًا أَوْ قَالَ قَضَاهُ أَبًا .
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The person about whom Allah's Apostle 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).