Fatwaa.net - Fatawa | A single person, whose parents have passed away, has money in the bank. When searching for relatives, they found only his spouse, who is the closest relative by lineage, and there is a similarity in names. This spouse has been deceased for eleven years. A friend of the deceased searched and found that we are the closest to him by lineage. Will we inherit from him?

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26 / 04 / 2026

Inheritance of Relatives

Question

A single person, whose parents have passed away, has money in the bank. When searching for relatives, they found only his spouse, who is the closest relative by lineage, and there is a similarity in names. This spouse has been deceased for eleven years. A friend of the deceased searched and found that we are the closest to him by lineage. Will we inherit from him?

Answer

I say, and with God's help: If he has no branches or roots that go to the relatives, and if he has no relatives except this close one who inherits him, and it is returned to him due to the corruption of the public treasury, and God knows best.

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