Only a Muslim has the right of inheritance!

16-3-2005 | IslamWeb

Question:

I have a son who doesn't believe in Islam can he inherit?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Your non-Muslim son does not inherit from you nor do you inherit from him; the evidence is the Hadeeth of the Prophet who said: “A non-Muslim does not inherit a Muslim and a Muslim does not inherit a non-Muslim.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

An-Nawawi said: “The scholars agreed in a consensus that a non-Muslim does not inherit a Muslim.”

Allah knows best.