Is my brother's wife obligated to spend her postpartum period (nifas) in my mother's house after her death, based on my mother's will, which was witnessed?
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If the house is owned by the mother, then her bequest of usufruct is permissible according to the majority of jurists, and its value is considered from one-third of the estate. Whatever exceeds this one-third requires the permission of the heirs. The heirs must execute a confirmed bequest, and whoever alters it is sinful.
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