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Can a Muslim Inherit From a Disbeliever?

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Darussalam · Volume 3

18. The Book Of Inheritance

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2909 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 125

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2909. It was reported from Usāmah bin Zaid, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he said: "The Muslim does not inherit from the disbeliever, and the disbeliever does not inherit from the Muslim." (Saḥīḥ)

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2909 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «لَا يَرِثُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْكَافِرَ، وَلَا الْكَافِرُ الْمُسْلِمَ»

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