Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, “Give the Fara’id (the shares of the inheritance that are prescribed in the Qur’an) to those who are entitled to receive it. Then whatever remains should be given to the closest male relative of the deceased .”

Bukhari 6732

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: “(During the early days of Islam), the inheritance used to be given to one’s offspring and legacy used to 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).”

Bukhari 6739

Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said: The wife of Sa’d bin Ar-Rabi came with her two daughters from Sa’d to the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) and said: “O Messenger of Allah (S.A.W)! these two are daughters of Sa’d bin Ar-Rabi who fought along with you on the day of Uhud and was martyred. Their uncle took their wealth, without leaving any wealth for them, and they will not be married unless they have wealth.” He said: “Allah will decide on that matter.” The ayah about inheritance was revealed, so the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) sent (word) to their Uncle, saying: “Give the two daughters of Sa’d two-thirds, and give their mother one eighth, and whatever remains is for you.”

Tirmizi: 2092

It was narrated from Muhammad bin Munkadir that he heard Jabir bin ‘Abdullah say: “I fell sick and the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) came to me, and Abu Bakr was with him, and they came walking. I had lost consciousness, so the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) performed ablution and poured some of the water of his ablution over me. I said: “O Messenger of Allah, what should I do? How should I decide about my wealth?” Until the Verse of inheritance was revealed at the end of An-Nisa’: “If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question has left neither ascendants or descendents.” [4:12] And: “They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: “Allah directs (thus) about those who leave neither descendants nor ascendants as heirs.” [4:176]

IBN-E-MAJAH : 2728

Narrated Al-Aswad bin Yazid: Mu`adh bin Jabal came to us in Yemen as a tutor and a ruler, and we (the people of Yemen) asked him about (the distribution of the property of ) a man who had died leaving behind a daughter and a sister. Mu`adh gave the daughter one-half of the property and the sister the other half.

Bukhari: 6734

Narrated Huzail bin Shurahbil: Abu Musa was asked regarding (the inheritance of) a daughter, a son’s daughter, and a sister. He said, “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 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 came 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.”

Bukhari: 6736

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The person about whom Allah’s Apostle said, “If I were to take a friend from this nation (my followers) then I would have taken him (i.e., Abu Bakr), but the Islamic concept of family relationship is better (or said: good); it regarded a grandfather as the father himself (in inheritance).”

Bukhari : 6738

It was narrated that Ma’qil bin Yasar said: “The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) ruled concerning a grandfather who was amongst us, that he should receive one -sixth.”

IBN-E-MAJAH : 2723

Qabisah bin Dhuw’aib said:

A grandmother came to Abu Bakr to ask him about her inheritance. He said to her, “There is nothing for you in the Book of Allah and there is nothing for you in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W). So, return until I ask the people.” So he asked the people and Al-Mughirah bin Shu’bah said: “I was present when the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) gave her (case) one-sixth.” So he said: “Was anyone else with you?” Muhammad bin Maslamah stood to say the same as what Al-Mughirah bin Shu’bah had said. So Abu Bakr implemented that for her. Then the other grandmother came to ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab to ask him about her inheritance. He said: “There is nothing in the Book of Allah for you, but there is that one-sixth. So if the two of you are together then it is for both of you, and whoever of you remains, it is for her.”  

TIRMIZI: 2101

Ibn ‘Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W.) gave a grandmother one-sixth of the inheritance.

IBN-E-MAJAH : 2725

Al-Harith narrated that ‘Ali said:  “You recite this ayah: After payment of legacies he (or she) may have bequeathed and debts, without causing haram till Surah An-Nisa Ayat-12. And indeed the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) judged the debt before the will and that the children (sons and daughters) from the same mother and father inherit, not the sons from various mothers. The man inherits from his brother from his father, and his mother, not his brother from his father.”

Tirmizi : 2094

Jabir narrated that the Prophet (S.A.W) said: “The people of two religions do not inherit from each other.”

Tirmizi : 2108 

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet (S.A.W) said: “The murderer will not inherit.”

Tirmizi : 2109