Amr bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A case was brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding two paternal cousins, one of whom was a maternal brother. The people said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the wealth to the maternal brother? So he (Ali) said: "May Allah have mercy on him, he was a scholar. If he had given the maternal brother one-sixth and divided the rest between the two, it would have been better."