Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 16561 — A grandmother came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr

Qabisah bin Dhu'ayb said: A grandmother came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: My son's son or my daughter's son has died, and I have been told that I have a right in what he left; so what is my right? Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I do not know of anything for you in the Book of Allah, and I will ask; go back. When he had prayed Zuhr, he said: Has anyone heard anything from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about grandmothers? Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have heard it. He said: How did you hear it? He said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the grandmother one sixth." He said: Does anyone besides you also know this? Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: He has spoken the truth; it is just as he said. So the woman came and he gave her one sixth. When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became caliph, a woman came to him in a similar matter and said what the first woman had said to Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too gave her the same reply that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had given. Then he asked, and the people told him: Al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) said such and such, and Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) testified along with him. So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave her one sixth, and added this from his own side: If the two of you are together, it is for both of you, and whichever of you is left alone will receive all of it.