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سنن سعید بن منصور
Sunan Sa'id
كتاب ولاية العصبةBook of Agnatic Guardianship ('Asabah)
بَابُ قَوْلِ عُمَرَ فِي الْجَدِّChapter on Umar's statement regarding the grandfather
Hadith 1240
اُردوEn
سَعِيدٌ قَالَ: نا هُشَيْمٌ، قَالَ: أنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ مَرَّةً: عَنْ رَجُلٍ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْخَبَرَ، ثُمَّ أَمْلَاهُ عَلَيْنَا وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ رَجُلٌ قَالَ: كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْجَدِّ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ زَيْدٌ: «اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالْجَدِّ، فَقَدْ شَهِدْتُ الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ قَبْلَكَ وَهُمَا يُعْطِيَانِ الْجَدَّ مَعِ الْأَخِ الشَّطْرَ وَمَعَ الْأَخَوَيْنِ الثُّلُثَ، فَإِذَا كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَنْقُصَاهُ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ»
It is narrated that Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the grandfather. So Zaid replied: "I saw the two caliphs before you; they would give the grandfather half with one brother, a third with two brothers, and with more brothers, they would not reduce the grandfather's share to less than a third."
