Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: What is the 'iddah (waiting period) of a woman who becomes an apostate? He replied: "Three menstrual cycles." He was asked: What if she is killed? He replied: "Four months and ten days." He was asked: What is the ruling regarding her inheritance? He replied: "We take their inheritance, and they do not take our inheritance."

Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The inheritance of the apostate is for his heirs."

Mustainward Ajli, who had apostatized from Islam, was brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He invited him to Islam, but he refused, so he had his neck struck and distributed his inheritance among his Muslim heirs.

A person living on an island wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) stating that a prisoner had become a Christian in the land of Rome, so he replied: "If this is proven, then distribute his wealth among his heirs."

Saiduna Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "Whoever becomes a Christian in the land of Rome, his wife's waiting period (‘iddah) will be three menstrual cycles."