Sahih al-Bukhari 6491 (Book 85, Hadith 13)
“The daughter will take one-half and the sister will take one-half. If you go to Ibn Mas`ud, he will tell
you the same.” Ibn Mas`ud was asked and was told of Abu Musa’s verdict. Ibn Mas`ud then said, “If I
give the same verdict, I would stray and would not be of the rightly-guided. The verdict I will give in
this case, will be the same as the Prophet (ﷺ) did, i.e. one-half is for daughter, and one-sixth for the son’s
daughter, i.e. both shares make two-thirds of the total property; and the rest is for the sister.”
Afterwards we cams to Abu Musa and informed him of Ibn Mas`ud’s verdict, whereupon he said, “So,
do not ask me for verdicts, as long as this learned man is among you.”
“ لِلاِبْنَةِ النِّصْفُ، وَلاِبْنَةِ ابْنٍ السُّدُسُ تَكْمِلَةَ الثُّلُثَيْنِ، وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلأُخْتِ ”. فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِقَوْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ لاَ تَسْأَلُونِي مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ فِيكُمْ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6491 (Book 85, Hadith 13)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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For more Hadith in Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa’id)