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Book 65: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))

Allah's Statement "In that which your wives leave, your share is a half..." (V.4:12)

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by ibn Abbas 5 narrators
Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Baykandi Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn Wrqa'a bin 'Umar Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 'Abdullah bin Abi Najih Tābiʿī d. 131 AH or after Ata bin Abi Rabah Tābiʿī ~27 AH – 114 AH ibn Abbas Companion 3 BH/619 CE – 68 AH/687 CE
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:(In the Pre-Islamic Period ) the children used to inherit all the property but the parents used to inherit only through a will. So Allah cancelled that which He liked to cancel and put decreed that the share of a son was to be twice the share of a daughter, and for the parents one-sixth for each one of them, or one third, and for the wife one-eighth or one-fourth, and for the husband one-half, or one-fourth.

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 4578

In-book reference

Book 65, Hadith 100

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 102

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ وَرْقَاءَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كَانَ الْمَالُ لِلْوَلَدِ، وَكَانَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ، فَنَسَخَ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا أَحَبَّ، فَجَعَلَ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلَ حَظِّ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ، وَجَعَلَ لِلأَبَوَيْنِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسَ وَالثُّلُثَ، وَجَعَلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الثُّمُنَ وَالرُّبُعَ، وَلِلزَّوْجِ الشَّطْرَ وَالرُّبُعَ‏.‏

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