Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Sha’bi that Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding the issue of the mother, full sister, and grandfather that their issue will be divided into nine shares: three shares for the mother, four shares for the grandfather, and two shares for the sister. And Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that half of the wealth, that is, three shares of the total wealth, will be for the sister, and two shares, that is, one third of the wealth, will be for the mother, and the remaining wealth, that is, one share, will be for the grandfather. And Hazrat Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said that half of the wealth, that is, three shares, will be for the sister, and one sixth of the wealth, that is, one share, will be for the mother, and the remaining wealth, that is, two shares, will be for the grandfather. And Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the wealth should be divided into three parts: one third for the mother, one third for the sister, and one third for the grandfather. And Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that one third of the wealth will be for the mother and the remaining wealth will be for the grandfather. Hazrat Waki’ says that Sha’bi said that Hajjaj bin Yusuf asked me about this issue, so I told him the statements of these personalities. He liked the statement of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) very much and asked, “Whose statement is this?” I said, “Hazrat Abu Turab (may Allah be pleased with him).” Upon this, Hajjaj composed himself and said, “We do not find fault with the decision of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); we only consider such and such things of his to be objectionable.”

Ibrahim, regarding the woman who leaves behind her real sister, grandfather, and mother, said that according to the statement of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), half of the wealth is for her real sister, one-third of the wealth is for her mother, and one-sixth of the wealth is for her grandfather. And Hazrat Abdullah used to say that one-sixth is for the mother, one-third of the wealth is for the grandfather, and half of the wealth is for the sister. And Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) also used to say that Allah Almighty will not see me in such a state that I give preference to the mother over the grandfather in this matter or in any other matter. And Hazrat Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give one-third of the wealth to the mother and one-third of the remaining wealth to the sister. In this matter, Hazrat Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) used to divide the wealth into nine parts: three parts for the mother (i.e., one-third of the wealth), two parts for the sister (i.e., one-third of the remaining wealth), and four parts for the grandfather. And Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) used to divide the wealth among the heirs into three parts: one-third for the mother, one-third for the sister, and one-third for the grandfather. And Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say that the grandfather is in the position of the father.

Amr bin Murrah narrates that Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say regarding the case of a sister, mother, and grandfather that the sister gets half of the wealth, and the remaining half will be distributed between the grandfather and the mother.

Ibrahim narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say regarding the issue of the sister, mother, and grandfather that the sister will receive half of the wealth, the mother will receive one-sixth, and the grandfather will receive the remaining wealth. Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) says that this issue, according to the statement of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), will be resolved from six shares, and according to the statement of Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), from nine shares.