Is the remaining sum of money from a losing business venture, estimated at EGP 18,0, considered an inheritance for the two sons from the divorced wife, or is it a recovery of the price of my gold that was sold to finance this business, knowing that my deceased husband's estate consists of two apartments for the two sons, and one apartment for me and my three children?
If the husband took money from his wife as a loan for a business he owns, then the goods become the property of all heirs, including his children from another wife. The wife must reclaim her debt from the estate before its distribution, based on the Almighty's saying: "from after any legacy he may bequeath or a debt." If the money was not a loan, and the business belonged to the wife, then the goods are her property and do not enter into the inheritance. As for the apartments left by the deceased, they are the property of all heirs, and each heir owns their legal share in every apartment, not just in the apartment they reside in. In case of dispute, the matter should be referred to the Sharia court.
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