Saeed said: Imam Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about a child born out of wedlock who passes away. He said: If he was from an Arab woman, then his mother will inherit one-third (1/3), and the rest of the wealth will be deposited into the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal). And if the deceased was the son of a slave woman, then his mother will also inherit one-third, and whatever remains, its heirs will be those who freed the slave woman. Marwan said: I heard Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, say the same.