Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1273b
"عَنْ يحيى بن سعيدٍ أنه بلغه أن معاوية بن أبي سفيان كتب إلى زيد بن ثابت ليسأله عن الجد، فكتب إليه زيد بن ثابت: إنك كتبت إلىّ تسألنى عن الجدّ - والله أعلم - وذلك ما لم يكن يقضى فيه إلا الأمراء - يعنى الخلفاء - وقد حضرت الخليفتين قبلك عمر وعثمان يعطيانه النصفَ مع الأخِ الواحد، والثلث مع الاثنين، فإن كثر الإخوة لم ينقصوه من الثلث".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Yḥyá b. Sʿyd Nh Blghh n Mʿāwyh b. By Sfyān Ktb Lá Zyd b. Thābt Lysʾlh
- al-Jd Fktb Lyh Zyd b. Thābt Nk Ktbt l Tsʾlná
- al-Jd and al-Lh ʿLm
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Yahya ibn Sa'id reported that he had been told that Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan wrote to Zayd ibn Thabit asking him about the grandfather. Zayd ibn Thabit wrote back to him: You wrote to me asking about the grandfather, and Allah knows best. This is a matter that only the rulers, meaning the caliphs, used to decide. You have witnessed that the two caliphs before you, 'Umar and 'Uthman, used to give him half with one brother, and a third with two. If the brothers are many, they do not reduce his share below a third."
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Notes
مالك، [عب] عبد الرازق [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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