Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: Inheritance of a Child from Fornication 3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَالِ٠ٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي رَجُلٍ وَقَعَ عَلَى وَلِيدَةٍ حَرَا٠َّ اشْتَرَاهَا فَادَّعَى ابْنَهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لا يُوَرَّثُ ٠ِنْهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ وَلا يُوَرَّثُ وَلَدَ الزِّنَا إِلا رَجُلٌ يَدَّعِي ابْنَ وَلِيدَتِهِ.

He (the Imam) has said, ’He cannot inherit from such child because the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, “A child belongs to the bed (owner thereof) and the fornicator deserve stones (to be stoned to death as penalty with due judicial process).” A child born out of wedlock cannot be inherited or made to inherit except in the case of a man who claims the child of his slave-girl.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/246))