If a divorce occurs during a terminal illness (marad al-makfuf), and he subsequently dies from that same illness while she is still in her waiting period, she inherits from him, but he does not inherit from her if she dies. This is narrated from Umar and Uthman (may God be pleased with both of them). It is the position held by Urwah, Shurayh, al-Hasan, al-Sha'bi, al-Nakha'i, al-Thawri, Abu Hanifah among the people of Iraq, Malik among the people of Medina, and Ibn Abi Layla. It is also the old opinion (qadim) of al-Shafi'i. It is narrated from [Utbah ibn] Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr that a woman who is definitively divorced (mabtuta) does not inherit. This is also narrated from Ali and Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, and it is the new opinion (jadid) of al-Shafi'i, because she is a permanently separated woman (ba'in), so she does not inherit, just like a woman separated in health, or as if the divorce were her own choice; and because the causes of inheritance are limited to kinship, marriage, and wala', and she possesses none of these causes. Our argument is that Uthman (may God be pleased with him) granted inheritance to Tumadir bint al-Asbagh al-Kalbiyyah from Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf after he had divorced her during his terminal illness, definitively separating her. This was widely known among the Companions and was not disputed, thus becoming a consensus (ijma'). No disagreement regarding this has been established from Ali or Abd al-Rahman. Rather, Urwah narrated from Uthman that he said to Abd al-Rahman: "If you die, I will certainly make her inherit from you." He replied: "I am aware of that." What is narrated from Ibn al-Zubayr, if authentic, is superseded by the consensus. Furthermore, the husband intended a corrupt intent regarding the inheritance, so he is opposed by the opposite of his intent, like a killer who seeks to hasten the inheritance and is punished by being deprived of it. Once this is established, the well-known position from Ahmad is that she inherits from him during her waiting period and thereafter, as long as she does not remarry. Abu Bakr said: There is no difference of opinion in the school of Abu Abdullah regarding a woman who has been consummated with: if a terminally ill man divorces her, she inherits from him during her waiting period and after it, as long as she does not remarry. This is narrated from al-Hasan, and it is the position of al-Batti, Humayd, Ibn Abi Layla, some of the Basrans, the companions of al-Hasan, and Malik among the people of