"People of two different religions do not inherit from one another." This implies that those of the same religion do inherit from one another. His definition of inheritance based on religion, disbelief, and Islam is evidence that this is the consideration and nothing else. Furthermore, the requirement for inheritance exists, so it is mandatory to act upon it as long as no evidence arises to confirm the existence of an impediment. Ahmad has explicitly stated in the narration of al-Athram regarding one who enters our territory with a safe-conduct and is killed, that his blood money (diya) is to be sent to their ruler so he may pay it to his heirs. It has been narrated that 'Amr ibn Umayya was with the people of Bi'r Ma'una and was saved and returned to Medina. He found two men on his path from the tribe that had killed them, and they had come to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) under a safe-conduct, and 'Amr did not know this, so he killed them, and the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) paid their blood money. There is no doubt that he sent their blood money to their families. The Qadi said: The analogy of the school of thought in my view is that a belligerent (harbi) does not inherit from a protected subject (dhimmi), nor does a dhimmi inherit from a harbi, because the alliance between them is severed. As for one who has been granted safe-conduct (musta'man), he is inherited by both the people of the war and the people of the land of Islam. This is also the opinion of al-Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him. Abu Hanifa also held this view, except that the musta'man is not inherited by the dhimmi because their territories are different. The Qadi said: People of war (dar al-harb) inherit from one another, whether their lands are the same or different. This is the opinion of al-Shafi'i. Abu Hanifa said: If their lands are different such that each group has a ruler and they consider killing one another, they do not inherit from each other because there is no alliance between them, making them resemble the people of the land of war. Thus, they made the agreement or difference of territory a criterion for inheritance or lack thereof. We know of no evidence for this entire matter from either the Quran or the Sunnah, while it contradicts the generality of the text which necessitates inheritance. They did not consider the religion in its agreement or difference, despite the occurrence of the tradition regarding it and the validity of the analogy therein, for Muslims inherit from one another even if their lands differ; thus, it is the same for disbelievers. A Muslim does not inherit from a disbeliever, nor does a disbeliever inherit from a Muslim due to their difference in religion; similarly, one whose religion differs from his counterpart does not inherit anything from him.