Muwatta Malik #1125
Fara'id
Malik said, "The inheritance of a husband from a wife when she
leaves no children or grandchildren through sons is a half. If she
leaves children or grandchildren through sons, male or female, by her
present or previous husbands, the husband has a quarter after bequests
or debts. The inheritance of a wife from a husband who does not leave
children or grandchildren through sons is a quarter. If he leaves
children or grandchildren through sons, male or female, the wife has
an eighth after bequests and debts. That is because Allah, the
Blessed, the Exalted! said in His Book, 'You have a half of what your
wives leave if they have no children. If they have children, you have
a fourth of what they leave after bequests and debts. They have a
fourth of what you leave if you have no children. If you have
children, they have an eighth after bequests or debts.' " (Sura4ayat
11).
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This hadith is #1125 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Fara'id. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.