Hadith 3691

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ ، عَنِ الْهُزَيْلِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلٍ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ ، فَسَأَلَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنَةٍ ، وَابْنَةِ ابْنٍ ، وأخت لأب ، فقالا : للبنت النصف ، وللأخت النصف ، وأت ابن مسعود ، فإنه سيتابعنا ، قَالَ : فَأَتَى ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ، فَسَأَلَهُ ، وَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَا ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ : لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ ! سَأَقْضِي بِمَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ ، وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ ، تَكْمِلَةَ الثُّلُثَيْنِ ، وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ " .
Huzail bin Shurahbeel says that once a man came to Sayyiduna Abu Musa and Sayyiduna Salman bin Rabee’ah (may Allah be pleased with them) and asked them this issue: If a person’s heirs include a daughter, a granddaughter, and a real sister, how will the inheritance be distributed? Both of them replied that half of the total wealth will go to the daughter and the other half to the sister, and you should also go to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him) and ask him this issue; he will agree with and support us. So that man went to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him the issue and also mentioned the answer of the aforementioned gentlemen. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I also give the same verdict, then I will go astray and will not remain among the rightly guided. I will give the same decision that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave: the daughter will get half of the total wealth, the granddaughter will get one-sixth so that two-thirds are completed, and whatever remains will go to the sister.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 3691
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح، خ: 6742.