Is the waiting period (iddah) obligatory for a woman whose husband died after he had contracted to marry her but had not consummated the marriage or ever seen her? And does she inherit from him?
A woman whose husband dies before consummation must observe the iddah (waiting period) of death (four months and ten days), and she is entitled to inheritance, based on the generality of the Sharia evidence.
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