A child born of fornication: to whom does his inheritance go?

Mughirah reports the statement of Ibrahim that the ruling on the inheritance of a child found on the road is the same as the ruling on wealth found on the road.

Zayd bin Wahb said: When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stoned the woman, he said to the woman's heirs: This is your son. You will inherit from him and he will not inherit from you, and if he commits a crime, its compensation will be upon you.

Al-Sha'bi reports that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding the son of the woman who underwent li'an that his mother and his mother's agnates (asabah) are the agnates of this child, and the child of zina (an illegitimate child) has the same ruling.

Hammad reports that Ibrahim said that the entire inheritance of the son of the woman who underwent li'an is for his mother, and her agnates (asabah) will pay the compensation for his crime. The same ruling applies to the illegitimate child and to the child of a Christian whose mother is Muslim.

Ma'mar reports that al-Zuhri said that the son of the woman who underwent li'an and the illegitimate child will both inherit from relatives on the side of their mother.

Amr reports that al-Hasan said that the illegitimate child has the same ruling as the son of the woman who underwent li'an, or he said that the son of the woman who underwent li'an has the same ruling as the illegitimate child.

Al-Sha'bi said: Hisham bin Hubayrah wrote to Shurayh asking him about the inheritance of the illegitimate child, and he wrote back to him: Refer his matter to the ruler, so that he may take charge of both his hardship and his ease.

Al-Hasan bin al-Harith reports the statement of al-Hakam that the mother and the maternal uncles of the illegitimate child and of the child of the couple who underwent li'an will be their heirs.