Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6739

Arabic hadith 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 السُّدُسُ، وَجَعَلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الثُّمُنَ وَالرُّبُعَ، وَلِلزَّوْجِ الشَّطْرَ وَالرُّبُعَ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Yusuf narrated to us, from Warqa, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Ata, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: Wealth used to belong to children, and bequests were for parents. Then Allah abrogated what He willed of that, assigning the male the share of two females; giving each parent one-sixth; giving the wife one-eighth or one-quarter; and giving the husband one-half or one-quarter.