Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Death Before Consummation of Marriage َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي رَجُلٍ أَرْسَلَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَيْهِ ا٠ْرَأَةً وَهُوَ غَائِبٌ فَأَنْكَحُوا الْغَائِبَ وَفُرِضَ الصَّدَاقُ ثُ٠َّ جَاءَ خَبَرُهُ بَعْدُ أَنَّهُ تُوُفِّيَ بَعْدَ ٠َا سَبَقَ الصَّدَاقُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ أُ٠َا تُوُفِّيَ فَلَيْسَ لَهَا صَدَاقٌ وَلا ٠ِيرَاثٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ أُ٠ْلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُتَوَفَّى فَلَهَا نِصْفُ الصَّدَاقِ وَهِيَ وَارِثُهُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ.

He (the Imam) said, If his earning is after his death she has no mahr (dower) or inheritance but if his earning is before his death then she deserves half of mahr (dower) and she inherits him.”’ رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/167))