How does istishab work when the missing person’s estate is not immediately distributed?

Argument Without New Proof: Absence of a Cause and Presumption of Continuity

• Imposition: using prior life as the basis for a new right
• Analogy: unconditionally applying another living person’s rule to him
• Defense: preserving existing ownership against an unproved claim of death
• Defense: treating a mere possibility of death as sufficient to distribute his estate