Darimi

It is narrated from Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him), that Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The child of adultery is in the same status as the child of cursing (ibn al-mula'anah).

Hakam said: The person of illegitimate birth whom someone claims as his child will not be his heir, nor will the child of illegitimate birth be his heir.

It is narrated from Imam Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, that Ali bin Husayn, may Allah have mercy on him, did not consider a child of adultery to be an heir, even if a man continued to claim him.

Sulayman bin Yasar said: Any man who comes to a boy and assumes that he is his son, and he had committed adultery with the boy’s mother, and no one else claims to be the boy’s father, then he will inherit from the boy. Bukair said: I asked ‘Urwah about this, and he gave the same answer as Sulayman bin Yasar, and ‘Urwah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The child is for the (owner of the) bed, and for the adulterer is the stone (i.e., stoning).”

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The son of the mal'ana (the woman who has been cursed), is like the child of adultery; only his mother will inherit from him, and the heirs of his mother are his heirs.

Ibrahim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The child of adultery will not be made an heir.

Imam Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, said regarding the children of adultery that they will inherit from their mothers, and if a child is born and he dies, then (the other) will inherit one-sixth.

Ibrahim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The child of adultery (illegitimate) will not be an heir; the heir will be the one upon whose father the legal punishment has not been carried out, or the one who owns the mother of this child due to marriage or purchase.

It is narrated from Ismail that Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: (If) a man commits adultery with a woman and then marries her, Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in marrying her except if she is pregnant (i.e., marriage should not be done while she is pregnant), but the child will not be attributed to him. (That is, the child born of adultery will neither be attributed to the father nor will he be an heir.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the ruling: "A boy who is attributed to his father after his father's death (that is, after the death of the man, his heirs claim that this is the child of our deceased), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that the boy is from the slave woman whom the father owned at the time of intercourse, so his lineage will be attributed to the one who claims him. However, whatever inheritance was distributed before he was attributed, he will have no share in it, but whatever inheritance has not been distributed, he will have a share in it. But if the father to whom his lineage is attributed had denied his lineage during his lifetime, then he will not be attributed to him by the claim of the heirs (that is, he will not be considered his child). And if the boy is from a slave woman whom the father did not own, or from a free woman with whom the father committed adultery, then his lineage will never be established from that man (even if the man's heirs attribute the child to him), nor will the child inherit from that (adulterer) man, even if the father claimed during his lifetime that this is my child, because he is a child of adultery, and he will be attributed to his mother's people, whether he was born from a free woman or a slave woman (after all, he is a child of adultery, and will not inherit, nor be included in the lineage)."

Umair bin Zaid said: I asked Sha’bi, may Allah have mercy on him, about my slave who was born from adultery, so he replied: Do not sell him, do not eat his price, you may only take service from him.

Saeed said: Imam Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about a child born out of wedlock who passes away. He said: If he was from an Arab woman, then his mother will inherit one-third (1/3), and the rest of the wealth will be deposited into the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal). And if the deceased was the son of a slave woman, then his mother will also inherit one-third, and whatever remains, its heirs will be those who freed the slave woman. Marwan said: I heard Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, say the same.

Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, who narrated from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As, may Allah be pleased with them), that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that the entire inheritance (wealth) of the child of al-Mula'anah (the child whose father denies him) is for the mother, because it is due to her that she has been afflicted with hardships.

It is narrated from Zaid bin Wahb that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding a child born of adultery to the guardians of his mother: "Take him, you will be his heirs, and you will be responsible for his blood money, and he will not be your heir."