Inheritance of a woman whose husband died while she was in the waiting period after divorce

The questioner:
From the Yemeni Republic, Al-Hudaydah Brigade, a message was sent by the listener Ibrahim 'Abd al-'Iyash al-Bar'i, asking a collection of questions. He says: Does a divorced woman inherit from her husband if he died suddenly and he had divorced her while she was still in the waiting period? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
There is a distinction here. If the divorce was revocable and the three pronouncements were not completed, and she is still in the waiting period, then she inherits, because a woman in a revocable divorce is still a wife as long as she is in the waiting period, and she has the right to inheritance. But if this divorce was an irrevocable divorce, whether it was a minor irrevocable divorce or a major irrevocable divorce, then she has no inheritance, because she is not a wife. Yes.

The questioner:
If a man divorces his wife while he is dying, and he is suspected of intending to deprive her of inheritance, does she inherit from him or not?

The Shaykh:
Yes, if he divorced her while suspected of intending to deprive her of inheritance, then she inherits, as a countermeasure to his contrary intention. Yes.