The maternal aunt and the paternal aunt: those who made them heirs

Zirr reports from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he divided the wealth between a paternal aunt and a maternal aunt.

Ziyad said: I certainly know what Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did in this matter: he treated the paternal aunt as standing in the place of the father, and regarded the maternal aunt as equivalent to the mother.

It is narrated from al-Hasan that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The paternal aunt receives two-thirds of the wealth and the maternal aunt one-third of the wealth.

Sulayman al-Absi reports, through a man, from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to say concerning the paternal aunt and the maternal aunt, in agreement with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), that the paternal aunt receives two-thirds of the wealth and the maternal aunt one-third of the wealth.

Al-Sha'bi reports from Masruq that he used to treat the paternal aunt as standing in the place of the father and the maternal aunt as standing in the place of the mother.

Al-A'mash reports from Ibrahim that he said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to make the maternal aunt and the paternal aunt heirs when there was no other heir besides them.

Ibrahim said: They used to treat the paternal aunt as standing in the place of the father and the maternal aunt as standing in the place of the mother.

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say concerning the maternal aunt and the paternal aunt: "For the paternal aunt is two-thirds of the wealth, and for the maternal aunt is one-third of the wealth."

Mansur and Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: The Companions used to make them heirs according to their kinship.

Al-Hasan said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made the maternal aunt and the paternal aunt heirs; he gave the paternal aunt two-thirds of the wealth and the maternal aunt one-third of the wealth.

Ibrahim said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For the paternal aunt is two-thirds of the wealth, and for the maternal aunt is one-third of the wealth."

It is narrated from Zayd bin Aslam that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was called to the funeral of a man from the Ansar. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came riding a donkey. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Which relatives did he leave?" The people said: "He left a paternal aunt and a maternal aunt." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is a man who died and, in dying, left a paternal aunt and a maternal aunt." Then he went on a little, and then said: "This is a man who, in dying, left a paternal aunt and a maternal aunt." Then he said: "I do not find any share for them."

Muhammad bin Abi Bakr said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "How strange is the case of the paternal aunt: other relatives inherit from her, but she does not inherit from anyone."

Sharik bin Abdullah said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the inheritance of the paternal aunt and the maternal aunt while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was riding. He (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent for a while, then went on a little, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril (peace be upon him) has told me that they have no right in inheritance."

Ash'ath said that al-Hasan held that inheritance goes to the masters, but did not hold that it goes to the paternal aunt and the maternal aunt.