10. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Jamil from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad who has narrated the following:

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about the case of a man who dies and leaves behind his daughter, his sister from his both parents. He (the Imam) said, ‘The entire legacy belongs to his daughter.’” Al-Fadl has said, ‘Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has made a share for the sister if she does not leave behind a child saying, ‘. . . if a man dies and does not leave behind a child and has a sister her share is one-half of the legacy.’ If he leaves behind a child then there is nothing for her. If anyone gives to her, it is opposing Allah and His messenger. The same is the case with the children of children male or female regardless how far below they may be. Brothers and sisters do not inherit with a child and so also is the case with the existence of one or both parents. [Note: The words of al-Fadl continues for the next several pages of the Arabic text and are not translated.]