حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ : " فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةُ بَنِينَ، فَأَوْصَى لِرَجُلٍ مِثْلَ نَصِيبِ أَحَدِهِمْ لَوْ كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةً، قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ :يُعْطَى الْخُمُسَ "

Suleiman bin Harb told us, Hammad bin Salamah told us, on the authority of Dawud bin Abi Hind, on the authority of Al-Sha’bi: “In a man who had three sons, So he bequeathed to one man the equivalent of the share of one of them, if there were four of them. Ash-Sha`bi said: He will be given a fifth.