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Does a Muslim woman inherit from her non-Muslim mother?

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A recent Muslim convert sister cannot inherit anything from what her mother left behind, due to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "A Muslim does not inherit from a disbeliever, nor does a disbeliever inherit from a Muslim."

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