Masruq bin al-Ajda’ (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said:“The paternal aunt is in the place of the father, the maternal aunt is in the place of the mother, the brother’s daughter is in the place of the brother, and every relative is in the place of the one from whom they originate, when there is no other heir or prescribed heir.”