Marwan bin Hakam said: Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: Sayyiduna Umar bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "I have an opinion regarding the inheritance of the grandfather; if you consider it appropriate, then follow it." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If we follow you, then it is guidance and right conduct, and if we follow the Sheikh before you, who had a very good opinion..." The narrator said: (That Sheikh, meaning) Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), used to consider the grandfather in the position of the father.