A man who died leaving a freed slave of his, his grandfather and his brother: to whom does the wala go?

Ibn Jurayj reports from Ata concerning a man who dies and leaves behind his mawla, his grandfather and his brother: who will receive the wala' of his mawla? He said that it will be divided half and half between the two of them.

Sufyan said: It has reached me from al-Zuhri that the wala' is for the grandfather.

Ibn Abi Dhi'b reports from al-Zuhri concerning a man who leaves behind his grandfather and his brother; he said that the wala' is for the grandfather, because a man's lineage is traced to his grandfather and not to his brother.