The Muslim Does Not Inherit From the Disbeliever
Question :
A family composed of a father, a mother and they have eight children four males and four females, and they were all Christians. Three of the sons and one daughter accepted Islam and then their father died, leaving a large inheritance amounting to approximately eighteen million Saudi Riyals. Do the sons who accepted Islam have a right to inherit from their father who died as a disbeliever?
Answer:
If the matter is thus, then the Muslim children whose father died as a disbeliever do not inherit. This is based upon the narration of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of Usamah bin Zaid, may Allah be pleased with him, who reported that the Prophet said:
"The Muslim does not inherit the disbeliever, neither does the disbeliever inherit the Muslim."
And Allah is the Granter of success. And may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, Muhammad and upon his family and Companions.
Source:
The Permanent Committee
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 5 Pages 79-80
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