Is it permissible for the heirs who paid the deceased's debt from their own money with the intention of absolving his liability, to reclaim what they paid from the deceased's money that was discovered later, knowing that they were unaware of the existence of this money at the time of payment?
You are not entitled to claim any assets of the deceased that appear after they were not present, because your assumption of debts and undertaking to pay them was a known act of benevolence and donation.
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