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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is equality between sons and daughters required in a father's gifts to his children?

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Question : Regarding a father's gifts, are they equal between males and females, or do they differ for the male in the house lecture?

Answer : Who is the fairest in division? The division among the sharers, who is the fairest of people in it? Who is the fairest of the dividers in it? What did he say? This is
Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two femalesيُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ
[An-Nisa 4:11]
But you must know that equalizing between them is required in the gift of voluntary charity, whereas in the obligatory, each person is given what he is entitled to. We must give voluntarily. The voluntary gift to the male is less than two-thirds; if he gives the male two, he gives the female one.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1319 - 4600 هل يشترط في هبة الأب لأولاده المساوة بين الذكر والأنثى؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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