Urwa bin Zubayr used to say concerning the child of a woman denounced by her husband and the child born of fornication that if such a child dies, his mother inherits her share as fixed in the Book of Allah, and his maternal brothers inherit their shares, while the remainder goes to the former masters of his mother, if she was a freed slave woman. But if she was of Arab descent, she inherits her share, his maternal brothers inherit their shares, and whatever remains belongs to the Muslims.
حدثني يحيى
أن عروة بن الزبير كان يقول في ولد الملاعنة، وولد الزنا: أنه إذا مات؛ ورثته أمه حقها في كتاب الله تعالى، وإخوته لأمه حقوقهم، ويرث البقية موالي أمه إن كانت مولاة، وإن كانت عربية، ورثت حقها، وورث إخوته لأمه حقوقهم، وكان ما بقي للمسلمين