In a circumstance, a person may be absent from his family and his news is cut off. We do not know whether he is alive or dead, and in general, there are many standards to his money or his wife’s money, which people must realize and learn

 In this abstract, the researcher presents the exact meaning of the absence then looks at the Iddah period and to realize the death of the absence, and whether it is estimated for a specific or it is related to the judge’s view or jurisprudence according to what he sees fittest and closest to the truth. Then the researcher searches for the statement of the absence. Person’s ruling during the period of waiting and before the judgment of his death is judged, according to the judge’s view, or specifically by age. Is the absent person considered alive according to himself and for others, so his wife doesn’t have Iddah and his money is not divided, and he inherits from others, or is he considered dead in something without anything

Then the researcher mentions the impact of the return of the missing person and to his family after his death judgement, regarding to his wife, who may have married another man, and  his money, which was shared by the heirs of the missing person, which may be remaining or spent. The researcher does not forget to compare all this with what was stated in the Syrian law, and what is related to the reality of life.

Keywords: missing, absent, captive, accompaniment