277 hadith
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a grandmother one-sixth as her share of inheritance.
ابن ماجه 2725SahihThe Prophet ﷺ assigned the grandmother a sixth as her share of inheritance when there is no mother below her in lineage.
الأعظمي 6086HasanThe Prophet ﷺ assigned one-sixth to the grandmother when there is no mother below her.
أبو داود 2895HasanA grandmother came to Abu Bakr asking him for her inheritance. He said to her, "There is nothing for you in the Book of Allah, and there is nothing for you in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Go back until I ask the people." So he…
الترمذي 2101SahihThe grandmother came to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq asking him for her inheritance. Abu Bakr said to her, "There is nothing for you in the Book of Allah, and I do not know of anything for you in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Go back until…
ابن ماجه 2724SahihThe 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…
أبو داود 2894SahihThe 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…
الأعظمي 6085HasanMy grandfather Hibban had two wives, one from the Hashim clan and one from the Ansar. He divorced the Ansari woman while she was nursing, and a year passed without her menstruating. Then he died, and she still had not menstruated. She said,…
مالك 1244DaifI heard that the Prophet ﷺ was brought a case of inheritance shares involving a grandfather, and he gave him a third or a sixth.
الأعظمي 6087HasanA grandmother came to Abu Bakr Siddiq asking him for her inheritance. Abu Bakr said to her, "There is nothing for you in the Book of Allah, and I know of nothing for you in the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So go back until I ask the…
مالك 1124Hasan"I find nothing in the Book that grants you a right, and I have not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decree anything for you. But I will ask the people." So he asked the people, and Mughira bin Shuba testified that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
الترمذي 2100SahihA grandmother came to Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, asking him for her share of an inheritance. He said, "I know of nothing for you in the Book of Allah, and I know of nothing for you in the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so…
أحمد 17980SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My son's son has died. What is my share of his inheritance?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "You receive a sixth." When the man turned to leave, he called him back and said, "You receive another sixth." When…
أبو داود 2896DaifRabab bin Hudhayfa bin Saeed bin Sahm married Umm Waail bint Muamar al-Jumahiyyah, and she bore him three sons. When their mother died, her sons inherited her property and the right of guardianship over her freed slaves. Amr bin As took the…
ابن ماجه 2732HasanHe said, the Prophet ﷺ performed Umrah in the month of Dhul-Qadah. The hadith continues, and within it is the story of Hamza's daughter, who followed them as they were leaving Makkah. Ali took her by the hand and said to Fatimah, "Take your…
الأعظمي 6588SahihAbu Bakr bin Abdul-Rahman bin Harith bin Hisham would assign a fixed inheritance share to no more than two grandmothers.
مالك 1126SahihMakhul reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ assigned the inheritance of the son of a woman who had undergone the mutual imprecation to his mother, and to her heirs after her.
أبو داود 2907DaifI heard that the Prophet ﷺ was brought a case of inheritance involving a grandfather, and he assigned him either a third or a sixth.
ابن ماجه 2722DaifTwo grandmothers came to Abu Bakr Siddiq, and he was about to assign the sixth to the one on the mother's side. A man from the Ansar said to him, "But you are passing over the very one from whom he would have inherited had she died while he…
مالك 1125DaifThe Prophet ﷺ performed Umrah in Dhu al-Qadah. The hadith continues, and it includes the story of Hamza's daughter, who followed them as they were leaving Mecca. Ali took her by the hand and said to Fatimah, "Take your cousin," and she…
الأعظمي 10042SahihThe wife of Saad bin Rabi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with her two daughters from Saad and said, "Messenger of Allah, these are the two daughters of Saad bin Rabi. Their father was killed alongside you at Uhud as a martyr. Their uncle…
أحمد 14798HasanIn this hadith, she was pregnant, and he denied her pregnancy. Her son used to be ascribed to her, and then the practice was established regarding inheritance that he inherits from her and she inherits from him whatever Allah [[r4]] has…
أبو داود 2252SahihUmar bin Khattab said, "I implore by Allah anyone who heard something from the Prophet ﷺ regarding the grandfather's share of inheritance to speak." A man stood up and said, "I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ grant him a third." Umar asked, "Along…
أحمد 19994DaifHer freed slave died leaving behind a daughter, so the Prophet ﷺ gave the daughter half of the inheritance and gave Yala the other half, as he was the son of Salma.
أحمد 27284DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman inherits from three sources, the freed slave she emancipated, the foundling she took in, and the child she disowned through liaan." This is a hasan ghareeb hadith, known only through this route from…
الترمذي 2115DaifIn this account it is stated that the woman against whom the judgment of a slave as blood-money was given later died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then ruled that her inheritance belonged to her sons and that the blood-money was the…
أبو داود 4577SahihRiab bin Hudhayfah married a woman who bore him three sons, then their mother died. They inherited from her her dwellings and the patronage rights over her freed slaves. Amr bin As was the paternal kinsman of her sons, and he took them out…
أبو داود 2917AHasanZayd bin Haritha set out for Mecca and brought back the daughter of Hamza. Jafar said, "I will take her. I have the greater right to her, for she is my cousin, and her maternal aunt is my wife. The maternal aunt holds the place of a…
أبو داود 2278HasanThe wife of Saad bin Rabi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with her two daughters from Saad and said, "Messenger of Allah, these are the two daughters of Saad bin Rabi. Their father was killed fighting alongside you as a martyr at the…
الترمذي 2092DaifRiab bin Hudhayfah bin Saeed bin Sahm married Umm Waail bint Muamar al-Jumahiyyah, and she bore him three sons. Their mother passed away, and her sons inherited from her both her property and the right of patronage over her freed slaves.…
الأعظمي 6065HasanUmar bin Khattab asked about the ruling of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning the grandfather's share of inheritance. Maqil bin Yasar al-Muzani stood up and said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a ruling on it." Umar asked, "What was the…
أحمد 20310HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in the case of the two women of Hudhayl that the blood-money is the responsibility of the paternal male relatives, that the inheritance goes to the heirs, and that the compensation for the unborn child is a…
أحمد 18144SahihThe wife of Saad bin Rabi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with her two daughters from Saad and said, "Messenger of Allah, these are the two daughters of Saad bin Rabi. Their father was martyred fighting alongside you at Uhud, and their…
الأعظمي 12128HasanThe Prophet ﷺ performed Umrah in the month of Dhul-Qadah. The hadith continues, mentioning the story of Hamza's daughter, who followed them as they were leaving Makkah. Ali took her by the hand and said to Fatimah, "Take charge of your…
الأعظمي 10131SahihYou recite this verse, *"After any bequest he may have made, or any debt"* [Nisa 4:11], yet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the debt is to be settled before the bequest. Full brothers from the same mother inherit from one another to the…
الترمذي 2094DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A woman inherits from three sources, the slave she has freed, the foundling she has taken in, and the child she disowned through liaan." Muhammad bin Yazid said, "No one has narrated this hadith other than Hisham."
ابن ماجه 2742DaifHis father informed him that he was sitting with Abban bin Uthman when a group from Juhaynah and a group from Banu Harith bin Khazraj brought a dispute before him. A woman of Juhaynah had been married to a man of Banu Harith bin Khazraj…
مالك 1558SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The inheritance of the son of a woman who underwent the mutual oath of condemnation goes to his mother, and to her heirs after her."
الأعظمي 6060HasanDuring the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while he was in good health, he had gathered the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and adjured them by Allah whether anyone had heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say anything about the…
أحمد 20309HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled regarding a grandfather among us that he receives one-sixth.
ابن ماجه 2723DaifWhen we departed from Mecca, Bint Hamza followed us calling out, "Uncle, uncle!" Ali reached out and took her by the hand, then said, "Here, take your cousin." So I carried her. He recounted the story and said that Jafar said, "She is my…
أبو داود 2280DaifWhen Amr returned, the descendants of Muamar bin Habib came to dispute with him over the right of guardianship of their sister before Umar bin Khattab [[r1]]. Umar said, "I will judge between you according to what I heard the Messenger of…
أحمد 183HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that full siblings born of the same mother inherit from one another to the exclusion of half-siblings born of different mothers. A man inherits from his brother who shares both his father and mother, to the…
ابن ماجه 2739DaifWhen we left Makkah, Hamza's daughter followed us calling out, "Uncle! Uncle!" Ali said, I took her by the hand and passed her to Fatimah, saying, "Take your cousin." When we arrived in Madinah, Jafar, Zayd bin Haritha, and I disputed over…
الأعظمي 10043HasanA man came to Abu Musa and Sulayman bin Rabia and asked them about the inheritance of a daughter, a son's daughter, and a paternal sister. They said, "The daughter receives half and the sister receives half. Go to Ibn Masud, for he will…
أحمد 3691SahihAbu Musa was asked about the inheritance of a daughter, a son's daughter, and a sister. He said, "The daughter receives half, and the sister receives half. Go to Ibn Masud, for he will agree with me." Ibn Masud was then asked and informed…
البخاري 6736SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman acquires three inheritances, that of the slave she has freed, the foundling she has taken in, and the child she had to swear by mutual cursing concerning."
أحمد 16004DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in the case of a miscarried fetus of a woman from Banu Lihyan that the compensation was a male or female slave. Then the woman against whom the compensation had been awarded died, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
البخاري 6909SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any person whose lineage is claimed after the death of the father to whom he is attributed, his heirs claiming him after the father has died, it is judged that if he was born of a slave woman whom the father…
الأعظمي 6061HasanWe set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until we came to a woman of the Ansar in al-Aswaq. The woman brought her two daughters and said, "Messenger of Allah, these are the two daughters of Thabit bin Qays, who was killed fighting alongside…
أبو داود 2891DaifUrwa bin Zubayr used to say concerning the child of a woman denounced by her husband and the child born of fornication that if such a child dies, his mother inherits her share as fixed in the Book of Allah, and his maternal brothers inherit…
مالك 1237DaifA man came to Abu Musa Ashari and Salman bin Rabia al-Bahili and asked them about the inheritance of a daughter, a son's daughter, and a full sister. They said, "The daughter receives half, and what remains goes to the sister. Go to Ibn…
ابن ماجه 2721SahihA man came to Abu Musa and Salman bin Rabia and asked them about the inheritance of a daughter, a son's daughter, and a sister. They said, "The daughter receives half and the sister receives half. Go to Abdullah, for he will agree with us."…
أحمد 4195SahihAbu Maymunah Salma, a freed slave from the people of Madinah and a truthful man, reported, "While I was sitting with Abu Hurairah, a Persian woman came to him with a son of hers. She and her husband had both claimed the boy, and her husband…
أبو داود 2277SahihUrwa bin Zubayr used to say concerning the child of a woman condemned by mutual imprecation and the child born of fornication that when such a child dies, his mother inherits her share as fixed in the Book of Allah [[r4]], and his maternal…
مالك 1136SahihAsi bin Hisham died leaving three sons, two of them from the same mother and one from another mother. Then one of the two full brothers died, leaving property and freed slaves, so his full brother inherited both his property and the right…
مالك 1557DaifAbu Musa was asked about the inheritance of a daughter, a son's daughter, and a sister. He said, "The daughter receives half and the sister receives half. Go to Ibn Masud, for he will surely agree with me." Ibn Masud was then asked, and he…
الأعظمي 6056SahihA man from the Ansar gave his mother a garden of date palms for the duration of her lifetime. When she died, his brothers came and said, "We are equal partners in it." He refused, so they took their dispute to the Prophet ﷺ, who divided it…
أحمد 14197SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in his sermon during the Farewell Pilgrimage, "Allah has given to every rightful person his right, so there is no bequest for an heir. The child belongs to the marriage bed, and for the fornicator is the…
الترمذي 2120HasanThe wife of Saad bin Rabi came with the two daughters of Saad to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, these are the two daughters of Saad. He was killed alongside you on the day of Uhud, and their uncle has taken everything their…
ابن ماجه 2720Daif