A brother's daughter and a paternal aunt: to whom does the wealth go?

Al-Shaybani said: I asked al-Sha'bi about the paternal aunt: is she more entitled to the inheritance, or the brother's daughter? He said: Thereupon he said to me: "Do you not know this?" He said: I said: "The brother's daughter is more entitled than the paternal aunt."

Abu Ishaq said: Amir bore witness concerning Masruq that he said: "Place them in the rank of their fathers."

Al-Sha'bi reports from Masruq that he said: "Keep the dhawu al-arham (blood relatives) in the rank of their fathers."

Al-Shaybani reports that al-Sha'bi said concerning a brother's daughter and a paternal aunt: "The estate is for the brother's daughter."

Al-Shaybani reports the statement of Ibrahim: "The estate is to be given to the paternal aunt."

Mughirah and Mansur report the statement of Ibrahim that the jurists would make relatives heirs according to their degrees of kinship.

Al-Shaybani reports: I asked al-Sha'bi about a brother's daughter and a paternal aunt: which of them is more entitled to the inheritance? He said: "The brother's daughter."

Masruq said: "Keep them in the rank of their fathers."