Inheritance of the Grandfather

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the ordained share of grandfather. He (the Imam) said, ’I do not know anyone who has spoken about it but that it is his own opinion except Ali (a.s.), who has spoken about it with the words of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause.’” Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali al- Washsha’ from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from Zurarah from abu Ja‘far (a.s.), a similar Hadith.

“One of the two Imam, (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘ Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, ‘The grandfather with brothers from the father’s side become like one of the brothers regardless of how many they are.’ He (the narrator) has said that I asked, ‘A man has left his brother from his mother and father and his grandfather’, or I asked, ‘He has left his grandfather, his brother from his father and mother.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The legacy is given to them, regardless, one or one hundred thousand he (grandfather) receives the share of one brother.’ I then asked, ‘A man has left behind his grandfather and his sister.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The male receives like the share of two females. If they are two sisters then one- half is for grandfather and the other one-half for the two sisters. However, if they are more, it then is like the above calculation, if he leaves brothers and sisters from father and mother and grandfather then the grandfather is like one of the brothers and the legacy among them is distributed, each male receiving twice the share of a female.’” Zurarah has said, ‘This is what I cannot be questioned for because I heard it from his father and from him (the Imam) before and we have no doubt about it or differences.’”

“I once heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘The grandfather distributes the legacy with brothers, regardless of how many they are; even if they are one hundred thousand.’”

“About the case of a man who dies and leaves behind his wife, sister and grandfather, abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘This is distributed from four parts, one-fourth for the woman, one share for the sister and two shares for the grandfather.’”

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying about six brothers and a grandfather, ‘The grandfather is the seventh.’”

“About the case of a man who leaves behind five brothers and a grandfather, abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is distributed from six; one part for each’”

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘The grandfather, that is, the father of the father distributes the legacy with brothers from both parents and brothers from the father. The grandfather is like one of them, of the male ones.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who leaves behind his brother from his father and mother and his grandfather. He (the Imam) said, ‘The legacy between them is half and half. If they are two brothers or a hundred, the grandfather is with them like one of them. The grandfather with them receives a share like the share of one of the brothers.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he leaves behind a sister, then the shares of the grandfather are two shares and the sister receives one share, if the sisters were two, then one-half is for grandfather and one-half for the sisters.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he leaves behind brothers and sisters from his mother and father, the grandfather is like one of the brothers and each male receives twice as much as the share of a female.’”

“About the case of a man who dies and leaves behind his wife, sister and his grandfather, abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘It is distributed from four parts. The woman receives one-fourth, the sister receives one share and the grandfather receives two shares.’”

“I once heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘The grandfather distributes the legacy with brothers in equal shares, no matter whatever the number of brothers is.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a brother from a father and grandfather. He (the Imam) said, ‘The legacy between them is distributed in equal shares.’”