The grandmother: her share of the inheritance

Qabisah said: After the passing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a grandmother, related through the mother or through the son's son, came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: My son's son or my daughter's son has died, and I have learned that I too have a right in his wealth. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I do not find any right for you in the Book of Allah, nor have I heard anything concerning you from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I will ask the people. The narrator said: Then Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) testified that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had granted the grandmother a sixth of the wealth. He said: Who will testify to this with you? He said: Muhammad bin Maslamah. So Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) testified, and he granted her the sixth. Then the grandmother from the other side came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him); he gave her a sixth of the wealth and said: When the two of you are together, this wealth is to be divided between you.

Ma'mar adds this: And whichever of you is alone, this sixth is hers alone.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted the grandmother a sixth of the wealth.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted the grandmother a sixth share when there was no mother.

Ayyub, through the medium of a man, reports the saying of Tawus: The grandmother is of the same rank as the mother; she will inherit as much of the estate as the mother inherits.