Usul16

Chapter on the Inheritance of One Who Has No Heir

faqih-5703Vol. 4, p. 333

مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَارِثٌ مِنْ قَرَابَةٍ وَ لَا مَوْلَى عَتَاقَةٍ[1] قَدْ ضَمِنَ جَرِيرَتَهُ[2] فَمَالُهُ مِنَ الْأَنْفَالِ.

"Whoever dies and has no heir from relatives nor a freed slave who has guaranteed his liability (jarirah), then his wealth belongs to the anfal (public treasury or property of the Islamic state)."

faqih-5705Vol. 4, p. 333

تُؤْخَذُ فَتُجْعَلُ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لِأَنَّ جِنَايَتَهُ عَلَى بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‌[5].

Hadith.5716 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Malik ibn Atiyyah from Sulayman ibn Khalid from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a Muslim man who was killed and had a Christian father. Imam (as) was asked: "To whom does his blood money (diyyah) go?" Imam (as) said: "It is taken and placed in the treasury (Bayt Al-Mal) of th