A woman whose husband owes her a dower and dies in debt

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: When a man dies owing a debt and his wife's dower, she stands on a par with the creditors. If there is oil, wheat or anything else in his house, it belongs to the heirs, unless he designated it, while in good health, for the wife with whom he had consummated the marriage.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz wrote to the governors regarding debts and the dowers of wives that the dower of wives will be paid just as a debt is.