قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَذَلِكَ الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي لَا اخْتِلَافَ فِيهِ، وَلَا شَكَّ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِبَلَدِنَا، وَكَذَلِكَ الْعَمَلُ فِي كُلِّ مُتَوَارِثَيْنِ هَلَكَا بِغَرَقٍ أَوْ قَتْلٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، إِذَا لَمْ يُعْلَمْ أَيُّهُمَا مَاتَ قَبْلَ صَاحِبِهِ، لَمْ يَرِثْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ شَيْئًا، وَكَانَ مِيرَاثُهُمَا لِمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ وَرَثَتِهِمَا، يَرِثُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا وَرَثَتُهُ مِنَ الْأَحْيَاءِ. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: This is the ruling; if several people drown, or die by falling from a building, or are killed, and it is not known who died first and who died later, then they will not inherit from one another. Rather, the estate of each will go to his heirs who are alive.