What is the ruling regarding a wife in the Iddah of an irrevocable divorce (Talaq Ba'in) if the husband dies during the Iddah?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Funerals

Book 7 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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If the divorce was irrevocable (Ba'in), conjugal relations are not permissible because touching and looking are forbidden while the spouse is alive, making it more prohibitive after death.