Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Commentary

5- بَابُ: {وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَاجُكُمْ}:

(5) Chapter. Allah’s Statement “In that which your wives leave, your share is a half...” (V.4:12)

1 hadith · references 4578–4578

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Bukhari · 4578كَانَ الْمَالُ لِلْوَلَدِ ، وَكَانَتِ الْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ ، فَنَسَخَ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا أَحَبَّ ، فَجَعَلَ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلَ حَظِّ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ، وَجَعَلَ لِلْأَبَوَيْنِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُ(In the Pre-Islamic Period ) the children used to inherit all the property but the parents used to inherit only through a will. So Allah cancelled that which He liked to cancel and put decreed that the share of a son was5 narrators