Sayyiduna Wathilah bin Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“A woman inherits from three people: from her freed slave (male or female), from her children, and from the child because of whom she performed li’an (mutual cursing).”

Sayyiduna Wathilah bin Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“A woman inherits in three cases: the inheritance of her freed (slave or slave-girl), the inheritance of one whom she raised (i.e., an abandoned child whom she brought up), and the one because of whom she performed li’an (mutual cursing).”This narration is also transmitted with another chain.

This same narration is also transmitted with another chain of narration from Sayyiduna Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that three grandmothers be given one-sixth share; two of them were from the father's side and one was from the mother's side (i.e., two paternal grandmothers and one maternal grandmother).

Qasim bin Muhammad narrates that two grandmothers (either maternal or paternal, or both maternal and paternal) came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), so Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) made the maternal grandmother an heir instead of the paternal grandmother. Then Abdur Rahman bin Sahal (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "He has participated in the Battle of Badr" (the narrator has mentioned these words once), and a man from Banu Haritha said: "O Sayyiduna Abu Bakr! O Caliph of the Messenger! You have given inheritance to her, that if she had died, the deceased woman would not have inherited from her." So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) made both of them (the paternal and maternal grandmothers) heirs of the deceased woman.

Qasim bin Muhammad reports that a maternal grandmother and a paternal grandmother came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). One was a maternal grandmother and the other was a paternal grandmother. So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that the maternal grandmother be given inheritance, but did not give an order for the paternal grandmother. Then Abdur Rahman bin Sahal, who belonged to Banu Haritha, said to him: "O Caliph of the Messenger! You have ordered her to be given (inheritance), but if she were to die, the deceased would not inherit from her." So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that both of them be given (inheritance). (The narrator says:) That is, he ordered that the sixth share be given.

Abdullah bin Buraidah narrates from his father regarding the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that he ordered to give the grandmother one-sixth share, provided there is no mother present in a closer degree below her.

Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the grandmother (maternal or paternal) one-sixth share.

Ibrahim bin Yazid narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) made three grandmothers heirs; two of them were from the father's side and one was from the mother's side (that is, there were two paternal grandmothers and one maternal grandmother).

Kharijah bin Zaid narrates about his father, Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him): He made three grandmothers heirs, while they were of the same degree; two of them were from the father's side and one was from the mother's side.