Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi's response to I was keeping my mom's money on her behalf when she died. Before she passed away she told me I should take 50k to buy myself a phone but I didn’t buy it then. Is that amount included in the estate or can I take the 50k from it?

I was keeping my mom's money on her behalf when she died. Before she passed away she told me I should take 50k to buy myself a phone but I didn’t buy it then. Is that amount included in the estate or can I take the 50k from it?

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I was keeping my mom's money on her behalf when she died. Before she passed away she told me I should take 50k to buy myself a phone but I didn’t buy it then. Is that amount included in the estate or can I take the 50k from it?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 3 years ago

If your mother gifted you the amount of buying the phone and you received the amount, then that amount has become your money. If she told you to take such amount from her money to buy a phone, as part of her will, then that amount will be yours according to her will as far as the amount does not exceed on third of her estate.

Wassalam.