Those who held that a Muslim inherits from a disbeliever

Yahya bin Ya'mar reports that Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) "used to make a Muslim the heir of a disbeliever, but did not make a disbeliever the heir of a Muslim."

Abdullah bin Buraydah reports that two brothers, a Jew and a Muslim, brought their dispute before Yahya bin Ya'mar, and he made the Muslim of the two the heir. He was asked: "Why did you make the Muslim the heir?" He said: Abu al-Aswad narrated to me that a man told him that two brothers, a Jew and a Muslim, brought their dispute before Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him). The Muslim brother said: "My father was a Jew, and he owned wealth and land. My accepting Islam did me no harm in his eyes, to the extent that he entrusted to me all his wealth and the land which I used to cultivate and manage. I used to give charity from it, host guests, do good deeds and free slaves, and he never objected to me for these things. Then he died, and people came between me and his wealth, saying that I had no right to it." So Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) made the Muslim brother the heir.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "No Muslim can inherit from a disbeliever, except in the case where he (the disbeliever) is his slave." And the wording of one narration is: "Unless he is his mamluk (slave)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that "A writing was found in the hilt of the sword of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in which was written: 'The blood of all Muslims is equal (in retaliation and blood money); even the lowest-ranking of them can undertake protection on behalf of all (by granting someone refuge); no Muslim shall be killed in exchange for a disbeliever, nor shall one under a covenant (dhimmi) be killed during the term of his covenant; and the followers of two different religions shall not inherit from one another.'"