Musnad Abi Ya'la 120 — after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

It is narrated from Qabisah bin Dhu'ayb (may Allah have mercy on him) that after the death of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a grandmother came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "I have been informed that I too have a right (in the inheritance)." At this Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I do not find any right for you in the Book of Allah (the Qur'an), nor have I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) decide anything in your favour." Then Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) testified (in the grandmother's favour), and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Who else testifies to this along with you?" Upon which Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) also testified: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her a sixth (of the inheritance)." Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: She was the mother's mother (maternal grandmother) or the father's mother (paternal grandmother). Then, when the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came, the other grandmother came (the counterpart of the first, that is, a paternal grandmother as against a maternal one, or a maternal grandmother as against a paternal one), and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whichever of you is alone, this share is hers, and if you are both together, it will be divided between you (equally)."