What is meant by the "jinf" endowment according to Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and is an endowment valid if it is restricted to sons only?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is meant by the "jinf" endowment according to Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), and is an endowment valid if it is restricted to sons only?
Answer:
The "jinf" endowment is one that excludes the children of his daughters. Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that they are among his descendants; that the children of his daughter are among his descendants. What excludes them—he says this is "jinf," that it excludes them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is meant by the "jinf" endowment according to Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), and is an endowment valid if it is restricted to sons only?
Answer:
The "jinf" endowment is one that excludes the children of his daughters. Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that they are among his descendants; that the children of his daughter are among his descendants. What excludes them—he says this is "jinf," that it excludes them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2049 -3022] ما المراد بالوقف الجنف عند الشيخ محمد بن عبد الوهاب وهل يصح الوقف على الأولاد خاصة؟ — youtube.com
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