The grandmother came to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq asking him for her inheritance. He said, "There is nothing for you in the Book of Allah, and I do not know of anything for you in the Sunnah of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ. Go back until I ask the people."So he asked the people, and Mughira bin Shuba said, "I was present when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her a sixth."Abu Bakr asked, "Is there anyone else with you who can confirm this?"Then Muhammad bin Maslama stood up and said the same as what Mughira bin Shuba had said, so Abu Bakr awarded it to her.Then the other grandmother came to Umar bin Khattab asking him for her inheritance. He said, "There is nothing for you in the Book of Allah, and the ruling that was given was for someone other than you. I will not add to the fixed shares, but it is that same sixth. If both of you are present together, it is shared between you, and whichever of you is alone with it, it belongs to her."
حدثنا القعنبي عن مالك عن ابن شهاب عن عثمان بن إسحق بن خرشة
أنه قال جاءت الجدة إلى أبي بكر الصديق تسأله ميراثها فقال ما لك في كتاب الله تعالى شيء وما علمت لك في سنة نبي الله ﷺ شيئا فارجعي حتى أسأل الناس فسأل الناس فقال المغيرة بن شعبة حضرت رسول الله ﷺ أعطاها السدس فقال أبو بكر هل معك غيرك فقام محمد بن مسلمة فقال مثل ما قال المغيرة بن شعبة فأنفذه لها أبو بكر ثم جاءت الجدة الأخرى إلى عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه تسأله ميراثها فقال ما لك في كتاب الله تعالى شيء وما كان القضاء الذي قضي به إلا لغيرك وما أنا بزائد في الفرائض ولكن هو ذلك السدس فإن اجتمعتما فيه فهو بينكما وأيتكما خلت به فهو لها
[Sahih]. Reported by Ibn Majah in the Chapters on Inheritance, chapter on the inheritance of the grandmother, hadith no. 2724, from the hadith of Malik with this wording, and it is found in Muwatta (Yahya) 2/513. Tirmidhi also reported it, hadith no. 2101, through another route from Qabisa with this wording, and he said, "Hasan sahih." Ibn Jarud graded it sahih, hadith no. 959, as did Ibn Hibban, no. 1224, and Hakim, according to the standard of the two sheikhs, 4/338, and Dhahabi agreed with him. See Talkhis Habir 3/82 and the hadith that follows.Qabisa was a companion, and the mursal narrations of the companions are accepted according to the more correct view.