الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 7, page 110

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘Ubaydah who has narrated the following: “About the case of a man who dies and leaves behind his wife, sister and grandfather, abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘This is distributed from four parts, one-fourth for the woman, one share for the sister and two shares for the grandfather.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

5. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jabalah from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying about six brothers and a grandfather, ‘The grandfather is the seventh.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

6. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from ‘Ubays ibn Hisham from Mushma‘il ibn Sa‘d from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “About the case of a man who leaves behind five brothers and a grandfather, abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is distributed from six; one part for each’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from al-‘Ala’ ibn Razin from ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has narrated the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘The grandfather, that is, the father of the father distributes the legacy with brothers from both parents and brothers from the father. The grandfather is like one of them, of the male ones.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

8. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Ri’ab from Zurarah who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of a man who leaves behind his brother from his father and mother and his grandfather. He (the Imam) said, ‘The legacy between them is half and half. If they are two brothers or a hundred, the grandfather is with them like one of them. The grandfather with them receives a share like the share of one of the brothers.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he leaves behind a sister, then the shares of the grandfather are two shares and the sister receives one share, if the sisters were two, then one-half is for grandfather and one-half for the sisters.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he leaves behind brothers and sisters from his mother and father, the grandfather is like one of the brothers and each male receives twice as much as the share of a female.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

9. Ibn Mahbub has narrated from ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘Ubaydah who has narrated the following: “About the case of a man who dies and leaves behind his wife, sister and his grandfather, abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘It is distributed from four parts. The woman receives one-fourth, the sister receives one share and the grandfather receives two shares.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

10. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman and Jamil ibn Darraj from ’Isma‘il ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Ju‘fiy who has narrated the following: “I once heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘The grandfather distributes the legacy with brothers in equal shares, no matter whatever the number of brothers is.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.