Are the shroud and other expenses the husband’s responsibility?

Question

Question: The expenses of mourning that are necessarily incurred, by custom or by the Shari‘a, after Hinda’s death — for example the shroud (kafan), charity and the like — will they be from Hinda’s estate, or will they be binding on the husband?

Answer

According to the position on which fatwa is given (mufta bihi), the wife’s shroud is binding on the husband: [ar]واختلف في الزوج، والفتوى على وجوب كفنها عليه[/ar] “There is disagreement concerning the husband, and the fatwa is on her shroud being obligatory upon him” (Tanwir, vol. 1, p. 905). As for charity: if the deceased made a bequest (wasiyya)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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