Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it ?

Fatawa Question

Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it ? My father took out life insurance in 1987. He did not know it was haram. I think on the policy it says 60% equity and 40 % property. I am not sure how much my father payed in to the policy and after my father died in 2006 my mother received a payout which was less than my father put in, I think she received £ 40,000. My mother used the £ 25,000 of the money to pay off the mortgage, £ 10,000 for my marriage and she is saving £ 5,000.

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Publisher

al-Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel

Publication Date

2011-08-22

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Main Subjects

Financial and Accounting Sciences
Religion
Islamic Studies

Topics

No. of Pages

1

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-726789

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel (Manchester, England). 2011-08-22. Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it ?. . Manchester England : al-Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel (Manchester, England). Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it ?. Manchester England : al-Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel. 2011-08-22.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel (Manchester, England). 2011-08-22. Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it ?. Manchester England : al-Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-726789