Inheritance of the apostate
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You said previously: That if one who abandons prayer dies in that state, he is not inherited from; but when you looked into the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, in which he says: that he is inherited from, you hesitated regarding the issue, so what is the ruling in it?
The statement is what we said: That if he dies, he is not inherited from, and if his relative dies, he does not inherit from him; but Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) has a principle that the apostate is inherited from but does not inherit.
As for me, I see that the apostate does not inherit and is not inherited from, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in what was narrated from him by Usamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both): (The Muslim does not inherit from the disbeliever, and the disbeliever does not inherit from the Muslim) So if one who abandons prayer dies while he is a disbeliever, how do we make his relative inherit from him?! The correct view is that the generality applies, and that the Muslim does not inherit from the disbeliever and the disbeliever does not inherit from the Muslim, whether his disbelief is original or due to apostasy.
The statement is what we said: That if he dies, he is not inherited from, and if his relative dies, he does not inherit from him; but Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) has a principle that the apostate is inherited from but does not inherit.
As for me, I see that the apostate does not inherit and is not inherited from, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in what was narrated from him by Usamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both): (The Muslim does not inherit from the disbeliever, and the disbeliever does not inherit from the Muslim) So if one who abandons prayer dies while he is a disbeliever, how do we make his relative inherit from him?! The correct view is that the generality applies, and that the Muslim does not inherit from the disbeliever and the disbeliever does not inherit from the Muslim, whether his disbelief is original or due to apostasy.
