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Sahih al-Bukhari 4578 (Book 65, Hadith 100) #4361
Inheritance Laws in Islam

SUMMARY: This hadith explains the inheritance laws in Islam, which states that a son's share is twice that of a daughter and the parents, wife and husband have different shares.

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: (In the Pre-Islamic Period ) the children used to inherit all the property but the parents used to inherit only through a will. So Allah cancelled that which He liked to cancel and put decreed that the share of a son was to be twice the share of a daughter, and for the parents one-sixth for each one of them, or one third, and for the wife one-eighth or one-fourth, and for the husband one-half, or one-fourth.
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 السُّدُسَ وَالثُّلُثَ، وَجَعَلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الثُّمُنَ وَالرُّبُعَ، وَلِلزَّوْجِ الشَّطْرَ وَالرُّبُعَ‏.‏

TOPICS
inheritance  *  share  *  son  *  daughter  *  period

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow Allah's commands without question when it comes to inheritance laws.

EXPLANATIONS:
According to this hadith, before Islam was revealed, children used to inherit all of their parents' property. However, after Allah revealed His laws regarding inheritance, He cancelled this practice and decreed that the share of a son should be twice as much as that of a daughter. For the parents each one will receive one sixth or one third; for the wife either one eighth or one fourth; and for the husband either one half or one fourth. These are Allah's laws regarding inheritance which must be followed by Muslims today.

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