What is considered part of the estate and what is not
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Q1: My father (G. Z. M.) (may Allah have mercy on him) passed away on 20/4/1423 AH. He had purchased travel tickets for himself, his wife (A. A.), and their children Ahmad and Khalid to visit Egypt , and he had allocated a sum of money for the trip expenses. My father passed away fifteen days before the scheduled trip. Is the value of these tickets and the amount allocated for the trip considered to belong to his wife (A. A.) and their children Ahmad and Khalid , or is it considered part of the estate and included in the estate to be distributed among all the heirs?
A1: The value of the tickets and the amount the questioner's father allocated for travel expenses to Cairo are considered part of the estate. The deceased's wife (A. A.) and her children do not have the right to take that money exclusively to the exclusion of the other heirs; because the deceased did not grant them ownership of it before his death, they and the other heirs are equal in it, and it is to be divided among them according to the Islamic law of inheritance.
A1: The value of the tickets and the amount the questioner's father allocated for travel expenses to Cairo are considered part of the estate. The deceased's wife (A. A.) and her children do not have the right to take that money exclusively to the exclusion of the other heirs; because the deceased did not grant them ownership of it before his death, they and the other heirs are equal in it, and it is to be divided among them according to the Islamic law of inheritance.
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