Inheritance of an Apostate

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مُكَاتَبٍ يُؤَدِّي بَعْضَ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ وَ يَتْرُكُ ابْناً لَهُ مِنْ جَارِيَتِهِ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ اشْتُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ صَارَ ابْنُهُ مَعَ أُمِّهِ مَمْلُوكَيْنِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ اشْتُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ صَارَ ابْنُهُ حُرّاً وَ أَدَّى إِلَى الْمَوَالِي بَقِيَّةَ الْمُكَاتَبَةِ وَ وَرِثَ ابْنُهُ مَا بَقِيَ.

Humeyd Bin ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Humran, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a contracted slave who had paid off some of his contractual amount, then died, and left a son of his from his slave girl. He asws said: ‘If ther

إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع كَانَ يَقُولُ يُجْعَلُ مَالُهُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحِصَصِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding a contracted slave who died and he had paid off something from his contracted amount, and left wealth, and for him were two free chil

قُلْتُ لَهُ مُكَاتَبٌ اشْتَرَى نَفْسَهُ وَ خَلَّفَ مَالًا قِيمَتُهُ مِائَةُ أَلْفٍ وَ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ قَالَ يَرِثُهُ مَنْ يَلِي جَرِيرَتَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنِ الضَّامِنُ لِجَرِيرَتِهِ قَالَ الضَّامِنُ لِجَرَائِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‌[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin marrar, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘A contracted slave bought himself, and left wealth of his price, a hundred thousand, and there was no inheritor for him’. He asws said: ‘He would in

مَالُهُ لِوُلْدِهِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

“About the case of a man who dies as an apostate and has children, abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘His legacy belongs to his Muslim children.”’

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ‌ ارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ لِمَنْ يَكُونُ مِيرَاثُهُ قَالَ يُقْسَمُ مِيرَاثُهُ عَلَى وَرَثَتِهِ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who has turned away from Islam and about who inherits him. He (the Imam) said, ‘His legacy is distributed according to the book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious.’”

إِذَا ارْتَدَّ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ كَمَا تَبِينُ الْمُطَلَّقَةُ وَ إِنْ قُتِلَ أَوْ مَاتَ قَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ الْعِدَّةِ فَهِيَ تَرِثُهُ فِي الْعِدَّةِ وَ لَا يَرِثُهَا إِنْ مَاتَتْ وَ هُوَ مُرْتَدٌّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a man becomes an apostate (turns away from Islam), his wife becomes a stranger to him, like an irrevocably divorced woman. If he is killed or dies, before completion of ‘Iddah (waiting period), she inherits during her ‘Iddah. He does not inherit her if she dies when he turns away

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الْمُرْتَدِّ فَقَالَ مَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ دِينِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ كَفَرَ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ فَلَا تَوْبَةَ لَهُ‌[1] وَ قَدْ وَجَبَ قَتْلُهُ وَ بَانَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ مِنْهُ فَلْيُقْسَمْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى وُلْدِهِ.

“I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about an apostate (one who turns away from Islam). He (the Imam) said, ‘If one turns away from Islam and rejects what Allah has revealed to Muhammad (SAW), after his being a Muslim, his repentance has no effect. (After judicial due process) executing him is obligatory, his wife becomes