موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الفرائضBook: On the Explanation of Division of Inheritance
بَابُ مِيرَاثِ الْجَدِّInheritance of the grandfather
Hadith 1477
عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ كَتَبَ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْجَدِّ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ : إِنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ إِلَيَّ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ الْجَدِّ، وَاللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ، وَذَلِكَ مِمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَقْضِي فِيهِ إِلَّا الْأُمَرَاءُ - يَعْنِي الْخُلَفَاءَ - وَقَدْ حَضَرْتُ الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ قَبْلَكَ يُعْطِيَانِهِ، النِّصْفَ مَعَ الْأَخِ الْوَاحِدِ، وَالثُّلُثَ مَعَ الِاثْنَيْنِ، فَإِنْ كَثُرَتِ الْإِخْوَةُ لَمْ يُنَقِّصُوهُ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ.
Sayyiduna Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote (a letter) to Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked about the inheritance of the grandfather. Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote in reply that you asked me about the inheritance of the grandfather, and this is an issue in which the caliphs used to give rulings. I was present before the two caliphs before you (Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them), so with one brother they would give the grandfather half, and with two brothers, a third. Even if there were many brothers and sisters, they would not give the grandfather less than a third.
