Hadith record

5. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from Ali ibn al-Hassan ibn Ribat from ‘Abd Allah ibn Waddah from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “About the case of a woman who leaves behind her husband, her mother and father, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is distributed from six shares, one-half, three shares for the husband, one-third, two shares for the mother and one-sixth is for the father.’ “Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan in this issue has said, ‘Of the proof that one-third of the legacy is for the mother is that all who oppose us have not said in this case that the mother receives one-sixth. They have said that mother receives one-third of what remains of the legacy. The remaining of the legacy is one-sixth but they do not allow opposing the words of the book, so they have kept the meaning of the words of the book, but they have opposed its law and it is against Allah and His book. The same is the case with the inheritance of a woman with parents. In this case, the share of the woman is one-fourth, the share of mother is one-third complete and the remaining is for the father. Allah, glorious is whose remembrance, has mentioned this ordained share and in the case before it the share of the woman is one-fourth, the share of husband is one-half, the share of mother is one-third and nothing is mentioned for the father. He has only said, ’His parents inherit him and for the mother is one-third.’ (4:11) The remaining belongs to the father, that is, the remaining of the legacy.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.