Hadith 20855

Chapter 9

باب 9

(9) باب مِيرَاثِ الْجَدِّ مَعَ الأَبِ وَالإِخْوَةِ

(9) Chapter: The shares of inheritance for the paternal grandfather, the father and brothers (ID)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أَمَّا الَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ خَلِيلاً لاَتَّخَذْتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ خُلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ أَفْضَلُ ". أَوْ قَالَ " خَيْرٌ ". فَإِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَهُ أَبًا. أَوْ قَالَ قَضَاهُ أَبًا.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The person about whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If I were to take a Khalil from this nation (my followers), then I would have taken him (i.e., Abu Bakr), but the Islamic Brotherhood is better (or said: good)," regarded a grandfather as the father himself (in inheritance). (ID)

Reference (ID): Sahih al-Bukhari 6738 (ID)

In-book reference (ID): Book 85, Hadith 15 (ID)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 8, Book 80, Hadith 730 (ID)