Should a Muslim man who divorced his Christian wife, and has a Muslim son and a Christian daughter with her, bequeath his property to his son, knowing that the country's laws divide inheritance among the mother, son, and daughter, and that a non-Muslim does not inherit from a Muslim? And would he be sinful if he deprived his ex-wife and daughter of the inheritance?
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The majority of scholars hold that a child is ruled to be Muslim if one of their parents embraces Islam. They agree on the child's Islam if both parents embrace Islam together, or if the father is Muslim.
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