Is it permissible for the deceased's wife and daughter to benefit from the salary and house provided by the state to his wife, given that the deceased worked at the Ministry of Finance?
Working in the Ministry of Finance is originally permissible, and its salary is lawful for its earner and his heirs, unless the work itself is proven to be unlawful. If the work is unlawful, then the salary becomes unlawful, and it is not permissible to benefit from any part of it, nor from the house if he does not own it, unless he was ignorant of its unlawfulness. There is also an opinion that the unlawfulness of ill-gotten wealth is restricted to its earner, not his heir. If the salary is a grant from the state to the relatives of the deceased, then there is no objection whatsoever to benefiting from it.
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