The Ruling on Endowing Wealth for Oneself and One’s Descendants and Naming the Endowment a Descendant Endowment
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: It is well known that waqf (an endowment) is among the noble deeds. Is it permissible for a man to endow his wealth for himself, or for his family and descendants? And is naming the endowment a “descendant endowment” a correct designation?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for a person to endow his wealth for himself while he is alive, so that he does not sell it. It is also permissible to endow it for his descendants without specifying particular individuals, for his descendants without designating specific lines, for the needy among his descendants, or for his descendants in general without designating specific lines and without excluding the women. Rather, all of his descendants, both males and females, benefit from the endowment. Is there any harm in that?
The questioner:
And naming the endowment a “descendant endowment.”
The Shaykh:
This is simple. The term “descendant” here means with respect to the descendants. It is not “descendant” in the sense of atomic bombs. No, “descendant” means with respect to the descendants. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: It is well known that waqf (an endowment) is among the noble deeds. Is it permissible for a man to endow his wealth for himself, or for his family and descendants? And is naming the endowment a “descendant endowment” a correct designation?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for a person to endow his wealth for himself while he is alive, so that he does not sell it. It is also permissible to endow it for his descendants without specifying particular individuals, for his descendants without designating specific lines, for the needy among his descendants, or for his descendants in general without designating specific lines and without excluding the women. Rather, all of his descendants, both males and females, benefit from the endowment. Is there any harm in that?
The questioner:
And naming the endowment a “descendant endowment.”
The Shaykh:
This is simple. The term “descendant” here means with respect to the descendants. It is not “descendant” in the sense of atomic bombs. No, “descendant” means with respect to the descendants. Yes.
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