A woman who left her husband, her mother, her paternal half-brother and her grandfather

Ibrahim said concerning a woman who leaves behind her husband, her mother, a paternal brother and a grandfather that, according to the statement of Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both), the husband is to be given half of the wealth, that is, three shares, the mother a third of the wealth, that is, two shares, and the grandfather one share. According to the statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), half of the wealth is for the husband, a third of the remainder is for the mother, one share is for the grandfather and one share is for the brother. If there are two or more brothers, half of the wealth is for the husband and one share each is for the mother and the grandfather, and the one share that remains is to be divided among the brothers. This is the statement of Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyiduna Zayd and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them).

Abu Ishaq said: We came to Shurayh and asked him about the case of a husband, a mother, a brother and a grandfather. He said: Half of the wealth is for the husband and a third of the wealth is for the mother. Then he fell silent, and the man standing at his head said: He says nothing concerning the grandfather.

He said: Then we came to Abidah, and he divided the wealth into six shares according to the statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): he gave three shares to the husband and one share each to the mother, the grandfather and the brother.

Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah) said: Thus, according to the opinion of all these authorities, this case works out from six shares.