Hadith on Shares of Inheritance

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Knowledge has three categories; anything else is extra; a precise verse, or an established sunnah (practice), or a firm obligatory duty. ..

Narrated Jabir: I fell ill, and the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and Abu Bakr came to me on foot to visit me. As I was unconscious, I could not speak to him. He performed ablution and sprinkled water on me ; so I became conscious. I said:..

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: I fell ill, and I had seven sisters. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم came to me and blew on my face. So I became conscious. I said: Messenger of Allah, may I not bequeath one-third of my property to my..

Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib: The last verse revealed about the decease who left no descendants or ascendants: They ask thee for the legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. ..

Narrated Al-Bara ibn Azib: A man came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: Messenger of Allah, they ask thee for a legal decision about a kalalah. What is meant by kalalah? He replied: The verse revealed in summer is sufficient for you. I..

Narrated Huzail bin Shurahbil al-Awadi: A man came to Abu Musa al-Ashari and Salman bin Rabiah, and asked about a case where there were a daughter, a son's daughter and full sister. They replied: The daughter gets half and the full gets half. The..

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: We went out with the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and came to a woman of the Ansar in al-Aswaf. The woman brought her two daughters, and said: Messenger of Allah, these are the daughters of Thabit ibn Qays..

Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: The wife of Saad bin al-Rabi said: Messenger of Allah, Saad died and left two daughters. He then narrated the rest of the tradition in a similar way. Abu Dawud said: This is the most correct tradition. ..

Narrated Al-Aswad bin Yazid: Muadh bin Jabal gave shares of inheritance to a sister and a daughter. He gave each of them half. He was at Yemen while the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم was alive. ..

Narrated Qabisah ibn Dhuwayb: A grandmother came to Abu Bakr asking him for her share of inheritance. He said: There is nothing prescribed for you in Allah's Book, nor do I know anything for you in the Sunnah of the Prophet of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ..

Narrated Buraydah: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم appointed a sixth to a grandmother if no mother is left to inherit before her. ..

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: A man came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: My son has died; what do I receive from his estate? He replied: You receive a sixth. When he turned away he called him and said: You receive another sixth. When he..

Al-Hasan reported that Umar asked: Which of your knows what share the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم had given to the grandfather from the estate? Maqil ibn Yasar said: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم gave him a sixth. He..

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Divide the property among those whose share have been prescribed in the Book of Allah, and what remains from the prescribed shares goes to the nearest male heirs. ..

Narrated Al-Miqdam al-Kindi: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone leaves a debt or a helpless family I shall be responsible-and sometimes the narrator said: Allah and His Messenger will be responsible-but if anyone leaves property, it..

Narrated Al-Miqdam al-Kindi: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: I am nearer to every believer than himself, so if anyone leaves a debt or a helpless family, I shall be responsible, but if anyone leaves property, it goes to his heirs. I am..

Narrated Al-Miqdam: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say: I am the heirs of Him who has none, freeing him from his liabilities, and inheriting what he possesses. A maternal uncle is the heir of Him who has none, freeing him from..

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: A client of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم died and left some property, but he left no child or relative. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Give what he has left to a man belonging to his village...

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: A man came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: I have property left by a man of Azd. I do not find any man of Azd to give it to him. He said: Go and look for man of Azd for a year. He then came..

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: A man of Khuzaah died and his estate was brought to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. He said: Look for his heir or some relative. But they found neither heir nor relative. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ..