is nearer in degree, the entire one-sixth goes to her alone. This is the view of Zayd, and it is also adopted by Imām Mālik and the scholars of the Ḥijāz. Their proof is that the father does not bar the maternal grandmother from inheriting, whereas—according to ʿAlī and Zayd—he does bar his own mother; therefore the maternal grandmother is considered the stronger claimant.

ʿAlī, Ibn Masʿūd, the Iraqi jurists, and the majority of scholars versed in the laws of inheritance maintain that if the two grandmothers are on the same generational level, they divide the one-sixth equally. If, however, one of them is closer, the entire one-sixth belongs to her alone and the other does not share with her, whether the nearer grandmother is the father’s mother or the mother’s mother.