A child born of fornication whom a man claims, saying: he is my son: does he inherit from him?

Ibn Shihab narrates that Ali bin Husayn would not make a child of fornication an heir, even if a man claimed his lineage.

Ibn Jurayj says: I asked the son of Tawus: What does your father say about a child of fornication whose masters or chiefs set him free, and then his father acknowledges his lineage, while his masters know that he is his son? He said: He used to say that he will not inherit.

Ibn Jurayj narrates that Ata said: The child of fornication will inherit from him if his chiefs know that he is his son; and if his masters deny it and dispute it, he will not inherit.

Ibn Jurayj narrates that Amr bin Shu'ayb said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stated: "Whoever commits fornication with a free woman, or commits fornication with the slave woman of some people, will neither inherit nor will anyone else inherit from him."

Ash'ath narrates that Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a child born of fornication cannot have his lineage established from the fornicator.

Shabbak narrates that Ibrahim said: An illegitimate child will not inherit. Only that child will inherit whose father is not subjected to the prescribed punishment, and whose mother came into possession through marriage or purchase.

Al-Hasan bin al-Hurr narrates: Al-Hakam told me that the man who claims the lineage of a child of fornication cannot inherit from him, nor will that child of fornication inherit from him.