The killer inherits nothing

Amr bin Shu'ayb said: Abu Qatadah, a man of Banu Mudlij, killed his son. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) took from him a hundred camels in compensation for this: 30 three-year-old camels, 30 four-year-old camels and 40 pregnant she-camels. He said to the father of the slain boy: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: There is no inheritance for a killer.

Mujahid said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A killer will not inherit.

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Neither one who kills deliberately nor one who kills by mistake will inherit.

Sa'id bin Jubayr reports that a man killed his brother by mistake. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about this, and he did not make him an heir, and he said: No killer inherits anything.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) decided that a man who kills a relative of his, whether deliberately or by mistake, will not inherit anything of the blood money of the slain person.

Al-Zuhri said: A killer will not inherit anything of the blood money of the one he killed, even if he is a son or a father, but he will inherit from his wealth, because Allah knows that people will kill one another, and no one has the right to cut off the inheritances that He has prescribed.

Abu Amr al-Abdi reports the saying of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): A killer will not inherit.

Hajjaj reports that Ata said: A killer will not inherit anything of the blood money or of the wealth of the slain person.

Yunus reports that al-Hasan did not make a killer an heir, and his view was that the killer excludes other heirs from inheritance.

Ibn Abi Dhi'b said: I asked Ibn Shihab whether a killer will inherit anything. He said: Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: It is settled in the Sunnah that a killer does not inherit anything.

Abd al-Wahid bin Abi Awn said that Muhammad bin Jubayr said: One who kills deliberately will not inherit from the blood money or from other wealth, and one who kills by mistake will not inherit from the blood money, but if there is other wealth he will inherit from it.

Yahya bin Sa'id reports the saying of Urwah: A killer will not inherit.

Hisham reports from his father that he said: A killer will not inherit any part of the wealth.

Abu Ghaniyyah reports that al-Hakam said: When a man kills his son or his brother, he will not be his heir; apart from him, whoever is closest to the deceased will be his heir.

Ibn Jurayj reports that Ata said: If the killer kills by mistake, he will inherit from the deceased's wealth but will not inherit from the deceased's blood money; but if he kills deliberately, he will inherit neither from his wealth nor from his blood money.

Ma'mar reports that al-Zuhri said: When a man kills his guardian (wali) by mistake, he will inherit from his wealth but will not inherit from his blood money; and if he kills him deliberately, he will inherit neither from his wealth nor from his blood money.

Yahya bin Abi Kathir reports that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding a man who had killed his mother: If he killed her by mistake he will inherit, and if he killed her deliberately he will not inherit.

Waki' said: Neither one who kills deliberately nor one who kills by mistake will inherit from the blood money or from the wealth.

Mansur reports that Ibrahim said: A killer will not inherit.

Mansur reports that Ibrahim said: A killer will inherit neither from the blood money of the slain person nor from his wealth.

Sufyan, through a man, reports the saying of al-Qasim: A killer will not inherit.

Layth narrates from Tawus that the killer will not inherit.