Sahih al-Bukhari 6494 (Book 85, Hadith 16)
be bequeathed to the parents, then Allah cancelled what He wished from that order and decreed that
the male should be given the equivalent of the portion of two females, and for the parents one-sixth
for each of them, and for one’s wife one-eighth (if the deceased has children) and one-fourth (if he has
no children), for one’s husband one-half (if the deceased has no children) and one-fourth (if she has
children).
Sahih al-Bukhari 6494 (Book 85, Hadith 16)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Sahih al-Buhari is a collection of hadith and sunnah compiled by Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī around the year 847. It is one of the most valued books in Sunni Islam. It is one of 6 of the Kutub al-Sittah. The 6 collections of hadith are Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawood, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa’i and Sunan ibn Majah. The Sahih al-Buhari has around 7,563 hadiths in it 97 chapters.
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For more Hadith in Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa’id)