Narrated Al-Aswad bin Yazid: Mu'adh bin Jabal came to us in Yemen as a tutor and a ruler, and we (the people of Yemen) asked him about (the distribution of the property of ) a man who had died leaving a daughter and a sister. Mu'adh gave the daughter one-half of the property and gave the sister the other half.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 80: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id), Hadith #726
Narrated Al-Aswad bin Yazid: Mu'adh bin Jabal came to us in Yemen as a tutor and a ruler, and we (the people of Yemen) asked him about (the distribution of the property of ) a man who had died leaving a daughter and a sister. Mu'adh gave the daughter one-half of the property and gave the sister the other half.
This hadith is from the book of Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 726 in book 80 of volume 8.
This hadith is referenced in the following topics: Inheritance.
