Chapter on the Inheritance of the Son of li'an (mutual cursing)

The child of mula'anah (the child resulting from mutual cursing between spouses due to accusations of adultery) has no inheritance rights from his father. His inheritance is only through his mother, maternal siblings, his own children, maternal uncles, and his wife. If he leaves behind children, the wealth is divided among them according to the shares ordained by Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic. If he leaves behind both his father and mother, the wealth goes to his mother. If he leaves behind his father and his son, the wealth goes to his son. If he leaves behind his father and maternal uncles, the wealth goes to his maternal uncles. If he leaves behind a maternal uncle and a maternal aunt, the wealth is divided equally between them. If he leaves behind a maternal uncle, a maternal aunt, a paternal uncle, and a paternal aunt, the wealth is divided equally between the maternal uncle and aunt, and the paternal uncle and aunt receive nothing. If he leaves behind maternal siblings and a maternal grandmother, the wealth is divided equally between them. If he leaves behind his maternal aunt's son and his maternal grandfather, the wealth is divided equally between them. If he leaves behind his mother and his wife, the wife receives one-fourth, and the remainder goes to his mother. If the child of mula'anah leaves behind a wife, maternal grandfather, and maternal aunt, the wife receives one-fourth, and the remainder goes to the maternal grandfather. If he leaves behind three maternal aunts from different mothers, a wife, and a maternal nephew, the wife receives one-fourth, and the remainder goes to the maternal nephew. If he leaves behind a daughter and his mother, the daughter receives half, the mother receives one-sixth, and the remaining share is returned to them proportionally based on their shares. If he leaves behind his mother and his brother, the wealth goes entirely to his mother. If he leaves behind a wife, a daughter, a maternal grandfather, a maternal grandmother, and a maternal brother and sister, the wife receives one-eighth, and the remainder goes to the daughter. If he leaves behind a wife, maternal grandfather, mother, maternal grandmother, maternal nephew, maternal niece, maternal uncle, and maternal aunt, the wife receives one-fourth, and the remainder goes to his mother. If a man leaves behind a daughter and a son's daughter (granddaughter), the entire inheritance goes to the daughter. Similarly, if he leaves behind a daughter and a son's son (grandson), the entire inheritance goes to the daughter. If the child of mula'anah leaves behind a full brother (from both parents) and a maternal brother, the inheritance is divided equally between them. Likewise, if he leaves behind a maternal sister and a full sister, the inheritance is divided equally between them. If he leaves behind a paternal nephew and a maternal niece, the inheritance is also divided equally between them. If the daughter of the mula'anah child dies and leaves behind her daughter's son, her son's daughter's son, her husband, her maternal uncle, her grandfather, her maternal nephew, and her paternal nephew, the husband receives one-fourth of the inheritance, and the remainder goes to her daughter's son, while the rest of the relatives receive nothing. If the child of mula'anah leaves behind his sister and his maternal brother's daughter, the entire inheritance goes to his sister. If he leaves behind a wife, a maternal grandmother, and a maternal grandfather, the wife receives one-fourth, and the remainder is divided equally between the maternal grandfather and grandmother. As for the descendants of the child of mula'anah, if they die, their inheritance is distributed just like that of any other person, following all the prescribed rules of inheritance without distinction. Likewise, the inheritance of a child born from fornication (walad Al-zina) is the same as that of the child of mula'anah, following the same rules of inheritance.

I asked: "What if his mother dies, and he inherits from her, then he dies - who inherits from him?" Imam (as) said: "The maternal relatives (Aṣaba) of his mother inherit from him, and he inherits from his maternal uncles."

child is indeed his and denies his earlier accusation. Abu Abdullah (as) said: "As for the woman, she can never return to him. As for the child, I return the child to him if he acknowledges it, and I will not leave his child without inheritance. The son inherits from the father, but the father does not inherit from the son. The child's inheritance goes to his maternal uncles. However, if anyone claims a child of adultery (walad Al-zina), he will be subjected to the prescribed punishment (hadd) for false accusation."

"The inheritance of the child of mula'anah belongs to his mother. If his mother is not alive, then it goes to the closest relatives on his mother's side - his maternal uncles."

"The child of mula'anah is inherited by his mother with one-third, and the remainder belongs to the Imam of the Muslims."

"The Commander of the Faithful (as) ruled regarding the child of mula'anah that his mother inherits one-third, and the remainder belongs to the Imam because any liability for his actions falls upon the Imam."

"He is given a choice between two options. It is said to him: If you wish, you can admit to the sin, in which case the legal punishment (hadd) will be carried out upon you, and you will receive her inheritance. Or, if you wish, you may affirm your accusation and perform mula'anah (mutual cursing) with her closest living relative, and in that case, you will have no share in her inheritance."

"Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) used to say: 'If the son of the cursed woman dies and he has brothers, his wealth is divided according to the shares ordained by Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic.'"

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who had invoked li'an against his wife while she was pregnant, and her pregnancy was visibly apparent. He denied what was in her womb. However, after she gave birth, he claimed the child and acknowledged it, asserting that it was his. Abu Abdullah (as) said: "The child is returned to him, and he inherits from him, and the man is not subjected to flogging because the li'an has already taken place."

"The son of the cursed woman is attributed to his mother, and all his matters and affairs belong entirely to her."