How many grandmothers inherit?

Ibrahim said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted wealth to three grandmothers.

He said: I said to Ibrahim: Who are they? He said: Two grandmothers from his father's side and one grandmother from his mother's side.

It is narrated from Burd that Makhul said: Three grandmothers inherit, and the one among them who is closest in lineage has the most right to the sixth share of the estate.

Dawud narrates that Amir said: When four grandmothers come together, the mother's paternal grandmother will not inherit.

It is narrated from Ibrahim that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Three grandmothers inherit: two grandmothers from the father's side and one grandmother from the mother's side.

Tawus reports the saying of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): All four grandmothers inherit.

Sahm al-Fara'idi said: Jabir bin Zayd used to make four grandmothers heirs.

Hisham reports from al-Hasan al-Basri that he was asked about four grandmothers, and he said: Three of them will inherit, and the mother's paternal grandmother will not inherit.

Hisham reports from Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) that he used to make nine grandmothers heirs and would say: When one of the grandmothers is nearer, the estate will go to her alone, and the remaining grandmothers will not receive it.

Yunus narrates from al-Hasan that he used to make three grandmothers heirs and would say: Whichever of them is nearer, the estate will be given to her and not to the other grandmothers; and when the grandmothers are of equal degree, the estate will be divided between them.

Mansur reports the saying of Ibrahim: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) divided a sixth share of the estate between the maternal grandmother and two paternal grandmothers.

Za'idah said: I said to Mansur: Is the one from his father's side the mother of his father and of his mother's father? He said: Yes.

Mansur said that Ibrahim said: When the grandmothers are from one side, some of them nearer than others, the more distant grandmother will be excluded.

Fudayl said that Ibrahim said: The grandmothers will inherit a sixth share of the estate. If there are one, two or three of them, then according to the saying of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), a single share will be divided between them. And when three grandmothers come together, each of them equal in relationship to the deceased, a single share will be divided between them: a grandmother from the mother's side and a grandmother from the father's side, the mother of his father and the mother of his mother. And Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When three grandmothers come together, a sixth share of the estate will be divided between them, even if some of them are nearer in lineage to the deceased, provided that none of them is the mother of another.

Al-Sha'bi reports concerning Masruq that four grandmothers came to him, one following another, and he made three of them heirs and excluded the mother's paternal grandmother.

It is narrated from Abu al-Muhallab that two grandmothers came to Shurayh, and he divided a sixth share of the estate between them.

Ibn Sirin said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to make the grandmothers heirs even if they were ten, and he would say: This is only one share, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted them.

Al-Sha'bi said: Four grandmothers came to Masruq, one following another, and he made three of them heirs and excluded one, the mother's paternal grandmother.

Al-Qasim said: A man died and left behind his two grandmothers, that is, his maternal grandmother and his paternal grandmother. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) made the maternal grandmother an heir and excluded the other. A man of the Ansar said: You have left out a woman such that, if the two grandmothers had died while their grandson was alive, he would inherit nothing from the one you have made his heir, and he would inherit from the one you have left out, being her son's son. So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) made her an heir as well and made them partners in the sixth share of the estate.