Question
My deceased husband had gifted the entire contents of the house (furniture, etc.) to me. After his death my in-laws removed almost all of the contents of the house and sold it. They took the money for themselves. What is the Shariah's law in this regard?
Answer
If your husband had gifted the household goods to you during his lifetime, then it was haraam for your in-laws to sell the items. They have to pay you for all the items they had sold. Their act was haraam and tantamount to theft.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 28 No 03
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- 3
Appears under WALIMAH AND THE HALL (approximate).