Strengthening the Ummah

“A man came to Abu
Musa
Al-Ash’ari and Salman bin Rabi’ah Al-Bahili and asked them about
(the shares of) a daughter, a son’s daughter, a sister through
one’s
father and mother. They said: ‘The daughter gets one half,
and what is
left goes to the sister. Go to Ibn Mas’ud, for he will
concur with
what we say.’ So the man went to Ibn Mas’ud, and told
him what they
had said. ‘Abdullah said: ‘I will go astray and
will not be guided (if
I say that I agree); but I will judge as the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
judged. The daughter gets one half, and the
son’s daughter gets one-
sixth. That makes two thirds. And what is
left goes to the sister.’”