Who inherits from a child whose father denied paternity but subsequently confirmed it?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Walā' (Patronage)

Book 33 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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If the father denies the children and the mother's patrons inherit from the deceased child, and then the father confirms the lineage by retracting his denial (akthaba nafsahu), the lineage is established retroactively to the time of the child's birth, and the father's side recovers the inheritance from the mother's patrons.