Hadith 654
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"If a man dies and leaves behind a wife and grandchildren (descendants of his children), the wife receives one-eighth of the inheritance, and the remainder goes to the grandchildren.
If a woman dies and leaves behind her husband and grandchildren, the husband receives one-fourth of the inheritance, and the remainder goes to the grandchildren.
This division is because the husband and wife are not considered primary heirs by blood; rather, they inherit through marital relation, not through lineage. Therefore, the grandchildren take the position of the direct children when there are no surviving children or parents of the deceased."
إِذَا تَرَكَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَةً وَ وَلَدَ الْوَلَدِ فَلِلْمَرْأَةِ الثُّمُنُ وَ مَا بَقِيَ فَلِوَلَدِ الْوَلَدِ فَإِنْ تَرَكَتِ امْرَأَةٌ زَوْجَهَا وَ وَلَدَ الْوَلَدِ فَلِلزَّوْجِ الرُّبُعُ وَ مَا بَقِيَ فَلِوَلَدِ الْوَلَدِ لِأَنَّ الزَّوْجَ وَ الْمَرْأَةَ لَيْسَا بِوَارِثَيْنِ أَصْلِيَّيْنِ إِنَّمَا يَرِثَانِ مِنْ جِهَةِ السَّبَبِ لَا مِنْ جِهَةِ النَّسَبِ فَوَلَدُ الْوَلَدِ مَعَهُمَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَلَدِ لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلْمَيِّتِ وَلَدٌ وَ لَا أَبَوَانِ.
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