11 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that a man of the Ansar called Uhayha ibn al-Julah had a youngpaternal uncle who was younger than him and who was living with hismaternal uncles. Uhayha took him and killed him. His maternal unclessaid, "We brought him up from a baby to a youth till he stood firm onhis feet, and we have had the right of a man taken from us by hispaternal uncle." Urwa said, "For that reason a killer does not inheritfrom the one he killed."Malik said, "The way of doing thingsabout which there is no dispute is that the intentional murderer doesnot inherit anything of the blood-money of the person he has murderedor any of his property. He does not stop anyone who has a share ofinheritance from inheriting. The one who kills accidentally does notinherit anything of the blood-money and there is dispute as to whetheror not he inherits from the dead person's property because there is nosuspicion that he killed him for his inheritance and in order to takehis property. I prefer that he inherit from the dead person's propertyand not inherit from the blood-money."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 43, Hadith 11
Arabic reference: Book 43, Hadith 1591