السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الفرائض
Book of Inheritance
باب: فرض الأم
The share of the mother
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Allah Almighty says: "And if there is only one, for her is half" [Surah al-Nisa: 11].
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَحْمَوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ، ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، ثنا ⦗٣٧٦⦘ شُعْبَةُ، ثنا أَبُو قَيْسٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ هُزَيْلَ بْنَ شُرَحْبِيلَ يَقُولُ: سُئِلَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنِ ابْنَةٍ وَابْنَةِ ابْنٍ وَأُخْتٍ، فَقَالَ: لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ، وَلِلْأُخْتِ النِّصْفُ، قَالَ: وَائْتِ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَسَيُتَابِعُنِي، فَسُئِلَ عَنْهَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَخْبَرَ بِقَوْلِ أَبِي مُوسَى فَقَالَ لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ، أَقْضِي فِيهَا بِمَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ، وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ تَكْمِلَةً لِلْثُلُثَيْنِ، وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ "، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيَّ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِقَوْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ: لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ فِيكُمْ.
Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about a daughter, a son's daughter and a sister, and he said: "For the daughter a half and for the sister a half." And he said: "Go to Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him); he will say the same as me." So Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about it and was also told what Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) had said. He said: "Then I would have gone astray and would not be among the rightly guided. I will judge in it with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) judged: 'For the daughter a half, for the son's daughter a sixth to complete the two-thirds, and what remains is for the sister.'" The narrator said: We went to Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him what Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) had said, and he said: "Do not ask me about anything as long as this learned scholar is among you."
