Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2896

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Sunan Abi Dawud 2896
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَ ابْنِي مَاتَ فَمَا لِي مِنْ مِيرَاثِهِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَكَ السُّدُسُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَكَ سُدُسٌ آخَرُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ السُّدُسَ الآخَرَ طُعْمَةٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَلاَ يَدْرُونَ مَعَ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ وَرَّثَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ أَقَلُّ شَىْءٍ وَرِثَ الْجَدُّ السُّدُسَ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Kathir informed us: Hammam informed us, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from 'Imran ibn Husayn, that a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘My son's son has died. What do I inherit from him?’ He replied: ‘One-sixth is yours.’ When the man turned away, the Prophet called him back and said: ‘Another sixth is yours.’ When the man turned away, he called him back and said: ‘The other sixth is an additional portion.’ Qatadah said: ‘They did not know alongside which other heirs he was assigned a share.’ Qatadah also said: ‘The least that a grandfather inherited was one-sixth.’