Muwatta Malik #1134
Fara'id
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَتَتِ الْجَدَّتَانِ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ السُّدُسَ، لِلَّتِي مِنْ قِبَلِ الأُمِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَمَا إِنَّكَ تَتْرُكُ الَّتِي لَوْ مَاتَتْ وَهُوَ حَىٌّ كَانَ إِيَّاهَا يَرِثُ فَجَعَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ السُّدُسَ بَيْنَهُمَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that al-Qasim
ibn Muhammad said, "Two grandmothers came to Abu Bakr asSiddiq, and he
wanted to give the sixth to the one who was from the mother's side,
and a man of the Ansar said, 'What? Are you omitting the one from whom
he would inherit if she died while he was alive?' Abu Bakr divided the
sixth between them.~
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This hadith is #1134 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Fara'id.