Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: The Case of a Woman whose Husband Dies before Going to Bed with her and that there is no Waiting Period and Mahr (dower) for her عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ عِدَّةٌ ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْ٠ُوتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ بِهَا أَوْ يَ٠ُوتُ الزَّوْجُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَقَالَ أَيُّهُ٠َا فَرَضَ لَهَا وَ إِنْ لَ٠ْ يَكُنْ فَرَضَ لَهَا فَلَا ٠5.

Ali has narrated from his father and a number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from Zurarah who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of a woman who dies before his going to bed with her or her husband dies before going to bed with her.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Whoever of them dies she deserves one-half of mahr (dower) which is set for her, but if it is not set for her then mahr (dower) is not payable to her.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/203))