Sahih al-Bukhari 4578

Hadith text

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

Ibn Abbas bataate hain: Jaahiliyat ke daur mein bacche hi poori miraas ke waaris hote the, jabke waalidain sirf wasiyat ke zariye kuch paate the. Allah ne jo cheez chaha mansookh kar di aur ye faisla diya ke bete ka hissa beti ke hisse se dugna ho, waalidain mein se har ek ko chhati (1/6) hissa ya tihaai (1/3), biwi ko aathwaan (1/8) ya chauthaai (1/4), aur shohar ko aadha (1/2) ya chauthaai (1/4) hissa mile.

Sahih al-Bukhari 4578 · Book 65, Hadith 100