\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\nThe custom (in old days) was that the property of the deceased would be inherited by his offspring; as \nfor the parents (of the deceased), they would inherit by the will of the deceased. Then Allah cancelled \nfrom that custom whatever He wished and fixed for the male double the amount inherited by the \nfemale, and for each parent a sixth (of the whole legacy) and for the wife an eighth or a fourth and for \nthe husband a half or a fourth.\n

\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\nThe custom (in old days) was that the property of the deceased would be inherited by his offspring; as \nfor the parents (of the deceased), they would inherit by the will of the deceased. Then Allah cancelled \nfrom that custom whatever He wished and fixed for the male double the amount inherited by the \nfemale, and for each parent a sixth (of the whole legacy) and for the wife an eighth or a fourth and for \nthe husband a half or a fourth.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ وَرْقَاءَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كَانَ الْمَالُ لِلْوَلَدِ، وَكَانَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ، فَنَسَخَ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا أَحَبَّ، فَجَعَلَ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلَ حَظِّ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ، وَجَعَلَ لِلأَبَوَيْنِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسَ، وَجَعَلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الثُّمُنَ وَالرُّبْعَ، وَلِلزَّوْجِ الشَّطْرَ وَالرُّبُعَ‏.‏