The personal belongings and furniture of the father’s wife belong to her heirs
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Fatwa number ( 19220 )
Q: My father’s wife, who did not bear any children from my father, has been living with us in the same house for fifty years. My father passed away twelve years ago, and she is still living with us in the same house (my father’s house). Please note that she is not alone, cut off from family, or poor, as she has many relatives who are well-off. Because she is accustomed to living with us in our house, she does not like or wish to live with her relatives. She has personal belongings, such as: a bed, a wardrobe, kitchen utensils
and blankets, clothes, etc. The question is: in the event of her passing, do the aforementioned belongings become the right of the legal heirs (her relatives) or the right of the house that sheltered her for a period exceeding fifty years? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
A: The principle is that what a person leaves behind in wealth after his death passes to his heirs, and it is the right of the heirs. As for the people of the house who treated their father’s wife well by sheltering her with them, and who are not her heirs, they have no right to take anything from what she left behind, even if it is a small amount, except with the consent of the heirs. They will receive reward and recompense from Allah for their kindness to her. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: My father’s wife, who did not bear any children from my father, has been living with us in the same house for fifty years. My father passed away twelve years ago, and she is still living with us in the same house (my father’s house). Please note that she is not alone, cut off from family, or poor, as she has many relatives who are well-off. Because she is accustomed to living with us in our house, she does not like or wish to live with her relatives. She has personal belongings, such as: a bed, a wardrobe, kitchen utensils
and blankets, clothes, etc. The question is: in the event of her passing, do the aforementioned belongings become the right of the legal heirs (her relatives) or the right of the house that sheltered her for a period exceeding fifty years? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
A: The principle is that what a person leaves behind in wealth after his death passes to his heirs, and it is the right of the heirs. As for the people of the house who treated their father’s wife well by sheltering her with them, and who are not her heirs, they have no right to take anything from what she left behind, even if it is a small amount, except with the consent of the heirs. They will receive reward and recompense from Allah for their kindness to her. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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