A man who bequeaths to a man a portion of his wealth

Yasar bin Abi Karib reports from Shurayh that he gave a judgment concerning a man who had bequeathed to someone an unspecified portion of his wealth and had not fixed the amount. He said: The wealth is to be made into shares, and the one for whom the bequest was made is also to be given one share.

Sufyan reports, on the authority of a man from Khurasan, that Ikrimah said: That man will receive nothing, because this is an unknown bequest.

Ya'qub bin al-Qa'qa' reports the same from Ata: concerning a man who bequeathed to someone a portion of his wealth, this bequest has no standing, because he did not state the amount of the wealth.

Muhammad bin Suhayb reports that Ikrimah said concerning a man who bequeathed to someone a portion of his wealth: This bequest has no standing, because he did not state the amount of the wealth.

Ayyub reports that Iyas bin Mu'awiyah said: The Arabs used to say that this man will receive one-sixth.

It is narrated from Huzayl that a man bequeathed to someone a portion of his wealth and did not state the amount. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He gets one-sixth.

It is narrated from Humayd that Adi asked Iyas bin Mu'awiyah about this, and he said: "Share" in the idiom of the Arabs means one-sixth.