Is it Islamically permissible for a person who has been managing, guarding, cultivating, and overseeing the affairs of the heirs' land for over 23 years to receive compensation for his work, knowing that the heirs do not object, but there is no explicit agreement among them, and that the delay in distributing the inheritance is due to most of the heirs being outside the country?
If a man works on inherited land with the permission and consent of the other heirs, he is entitled to receive a wage for his work, unless he is doing it gratuitously. As for the distribution of the inheritance, it is best to expedite it, but if the adult heirs agree to delay the division, there is no harm in that.
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