Shu'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Is Islam harmful or beneficial for me?" He replied: "Beneficial." He said: "My father was a Christian and died as a Christian, and I am a Muslim. My Christian brothers say that they are more entitled to our father's inheritance." So Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) called them and said: "You are all equal in inheritance." Then Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Ziyad (may Allah be pleased with him): "Let the Muslim inherit from the disbeliever, but do not let the disbeliever inherit from the Muslim." And when this order reached Ziyad, he called Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) and ordered him to judge accordingly, so whenever Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) judged in this way, he would say: "This is the decision of the Commander of the Faithful."