Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2100

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ibn Abi ‘Umar narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us; al-Zuhri narrated to us—sometimes saying Qabisah, and sometimes ‘a man, from Qabisah ibn Dhu’ayb.’ He said: A grandmother, the mother of the mother or the mother of the father, came to Abu Bakr and said, ‘My son’s son—or my daughter’s son—has died, and I have been told that I have a right in the Book of Allah.’ Abu Bakr said, ‘I do not find a right for you in the Book, nor have I heard that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned you anything. I will ask the people.’ Al-Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah testified that the Messenger of Allah had given her one-sixth. Abu Bakr asked, ‘Who heard that with you?’ He replied, ‘Muhammad ibn Maslamah.’ Abu Bakr then gave her one-sixth. The other grandmother, from the opposite side of the family, later came to ‘Umar.

Sufyan said: Ma‘mar added this to me from al-Zuhri—I do not remember it from al-Zuhri, but I remember it from Ma‘mar—that ‘Umar said, ‘If you two are together, it is for both of you; whichever of you is alone, it is hers.’