Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Alqamah narrates that Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the mother and maternal brothers. He gave one-third of the wealth to the maternal brothers and the remaining wealth to the mother, and said that the mother is the 'Asabah (residuary heir) of the one who has no 'Asabah.

Hazrat Masruq narrates that a case regarding a mother and maternal brothers was brought to Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him). He gave one-sixth of the wealth to the mother, one-third to the brothers, and the remainder to the mother. He said, "The mother is the 'asaba (residuary heir) of the one who has no male 'asaba." And Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) did not consider returning wealth to a paternal sister in the presence of a full sister, nor did he return wealth to a granddaughter in the presence of a real daughter.

Ibrahim states that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was of the opinion that property should be returned to every heir except the husband and wife.

Hazrat Mansur says that it has reached me that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to advocate returning the wealth to every heir except the husband and wife.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ja'far that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to return wealth even to those among the relatives who were entitled to a share in inheritance.

It is narrated from Hazrat Shaibani that a decision made by Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Abdullah was mentioned before Hazrat Sha'bi, in which he had given the entire wealth to a daughter or a sister. Hazrat Sha'bi said that this is the same decision of Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aamir that Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to return wealth to the daughter, sister, and mother, even if they were not 'Asabah (residuary heirs), while Hazrat Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give them only their prescribed share.

Ibrahim narrates that Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) would not return inheritance to six people: to the husband, to the wife, to the grandmother, to uterine sisters in the presence of full sisters, to granddaughters in the presence of real sons, and to uterine sisters in the presence of the mother. Ibrahim says that I asked Alqama whether inheritance would be returned to uterine brothers in the presence of the grandmother. He replied: Yes, if you wish. He says that Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would return inheritance to all of them except the husband and the wife.

Ibrahim, through another chain of narration, reports the same opinion of Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sha'bi narrates that when Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him), was martyred, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) gave half of the wealth to his daughter and spent the remaining half in the way of Allah.

Ibrahim states that none of the companions of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would return any wealth that was given from a husband to his wife or vice versa. He states that Hazrat Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) would give each rightful person their share and deposit the remaining wealth in the treasury.

Ibrahim says that Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) would not give anything to a paternal sister in the presence of a full sister, nor to a granddaughter in the presence of a daughter, nor to a maternal sister in the presence of a mother, nor to a husband and wife.

Mughira and A’mash narrate that no one would return the wealth to the grandmother again; if there were other relatives, it would be returned to them.