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Question ID: 160673Country: India
Answer ID: 160673
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 908/854/M=8/1439)
Pension is a contribution and gift from the government that the widow of a deceased person receives lifetime. Thus as per the government rule only the widow is entitled to receive it and the children of the deceased have no share in it. (Imdad al-Fatawa, vol. 4, p. 342, Kitab al-Faraidh; Mahmoodia, vol. 3, p. 193, Meerut)
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India