Those who said: a Muslim does not inherit from a disbeliever

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stated that people of two different religious communities cannot inherit from one another.

Tariq bin Shihab says that a polytheist Jewish paternal aunt of Sayyiduna al-Ash'ath bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) died. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not make him an heir to her property, and he said: "Her heirs will be the people of her religion."

Abdullah bin Ma'qil says that a Jewish paternal aunt of Sayyiduna al-Ash'ath bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) died. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not make him an heir to her property, and he said: "Her heirs will be the people of her religion."

Amir narrates that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Her heirs will be those of her own religion; every religious community follows its own community.

Maymun bin Mihran says that al-Urs bin Qays al-Kindi asked me by letter about two Christian brothers, one of whom becomes a Muslim while the other dies and leaves property. I said that Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "If that brother were a Christian he would inherit, and Islam has added nothing to him but strength." Al-Urs bin Qays says that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) refused us this in the case of the Jewish paternal aunt of al-Ash'ath bin Qays, and did not make him her heir.

Al-Urs bin Qays said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) refused us this in the case of the paternal aunt of Sayyiduna al-Ash'ath bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him), who died a Jew; Sayyiduna Umar did not make him an heir to anything of hers.

Al-Harith narrates that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that a disbeliever cannot inherit from a Muslim, nor a Muslim from a disbeliever.

Al-Harith narrates the same from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) through another chain, and he added to it: Unless he is his slave, in which case he will inherit from him.

Sulayman bin Yasar narrates that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, concerning a Jewish woman who had died, that her heirs will be those of her own religion.

Ibrahim says that according to the statement of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), a Christian cannot inherit from a Muslim, nor a Muslim from a Christian. And Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to judge that they can bar others from inheritance, but will not themselves be made heirs.

Sa'id bin Jubayr says that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that a disbeliever cannot inherit from a Muslim, nor a Muslim from a disbeliever.

Sa'id bin Jubayr reports the same statement of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) through another chain.

Al-Zuhri says that a Muslim did not inherit from a disbeliever, nor a disbeliever from a Muslim, in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor in the time of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Then when Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) became ruler, he made the Muslim an heir of the disbeliever and did not make the disbeliever an heir of the Muslim. The narrator says: Then the caliphs adopted this, until Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) became ruler, and he implemented the earlier Sunnah. Then Yazid bin Abd al-Malik adopted this, and when Hisham bin Abd al-Malik became ruler, he adopted the way of the caliphs.

He said: The caliphs adopted this until Umar bin Abd al-Aziz took office, and he returned to the earlier Sunnah. Then Yazid bin Abd al-Malik adopted this, and when Hisham bin Abd al-Malik took office, he adopted the way of the caliphs.

Abu al-Zubayr narrates that Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man does not inherit from anyone other than the people of his own religion, unless it is a man's slave or his slave woman.