A man who embraces Islam at the hands of another and then dies: those who said he inherits from him

Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is the Sunnah concerning a man from the People of the Book who embraces Islam at the hands of a man from the Muslims? He said: "He is the most entitled of people to him, in his life and in his death."

Mujahid said: A man came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: A man embraced Islam at my hands, then he died and left one thousand dirhams. I felt uneasy about it and have brought it to you. He said: If he had committed an offence, upon whom would the responsibility have fallen? He said: Upon me. He said: Then his inheritance is also yours.

Al-Zuhri reports that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When a man enters into muwalah (a clientage pact) with another, his inheritance belongs to him and liability for his offences is upon him.

Ibrahim said: When a man embraces Islam at the hands of another, his inheritance belongs to him and his blood money is also upon him.

Abd al-Aziz bin Umar said: My father gave a ruling concerning a man from among the dhimmis who had become Muslim at the hands of someone, then died and left a daughter. He gave his daughter half of the wealth, and also gave half to the one at whose hands he had embraced Islam.

Masruq said: A man from Daylam had come and was staying with us. He died and left three hundred dirhams. I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him. He said: Does he have any relative? Does any of you have a muwalah (clientage pact) with him? We said: No. He said: Then there are many heirs here, meaning in the public treasury.

Abu al-Ash'ath reports from his mawla that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about a man who became Muslim at my hands, made an agreement with me, and then died. He said: You are entitled to his wealth as long as he has not left an heir. If you refuse, then here is the public treasury.

Al-Rabi' bin Abi Salih al-Aslami reports from a shaykh whose kunyah was Abu Mudrik that a man from the people of Iraq called Hashi came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) to enter into muwalah (a clientage pact) with him. He refused to enter into muwalah with him and sent him back. He said: Then he went to Sayyiduna al-Abbas or Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and entered into muwalah with him.

Uthman bin Ghiyath said: I heard al-Hasan say concerning a man who embraced Islam at the hands of another man: His inheritance belongs to him, unless he has a sister. If there is one, the wealth goes to her and she is more entitled to it.

Ibn Sirin said: A man became Muslim at the hands of Abu al-Hudhayl, then died and left ten thousand dirhams. Abu al-Hudhayl brought them to Ziyad. Ziyad said: You are entitled to it. He said: I have no need of it. Ziyad said: You are his heir. But he refused to accept it, so Ziyad took it and placed it in the public treasury.