A father making a bequest to the one of his children who memorizes the Qur'an
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if a father makes a bequest to the one of his children who memorizes the Qur'an, is it obligatory for him to be equal among the children in that, even if some of them did not memorize it?
Answer:
No, it is not required. It is permissible for him to favor some of the children with a bequest to encourage them, such as if one is a student of knowledge and he wants to encourage him in seeking knowledge, or if one has a physical condition that prevents him from earning, while the other is healthy and capable. The person who is afflicted comes with the status of being unable to do so. If he is sound and healthy, then if he singles out some of his children because of a characteristic they have that the others do not, there is no harm in that. Or if one of them is poor and the others are wealthy, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if a father makes a bequest to the one of his children who memorizes the Qur'an, is it obligatory for him to be equal among the children in that, even if some of them did not memorize it?
Answer:
No, it is not required. It is permissible for him to favor some of the children with a bequest to encourage them, such as if one is a student of knowledge and he wants to encourage him in seeking knowledge, or if one has a physical condition that prevents him from earning, while the other is healthy and capable. The person who is afflicted comes with the status of being unable to do so. If he is sound and healthy, then if he singles out some of his children because of a characteristic they have that the others do not, there is no harm in that. Or if one of them is poor and the others are wealthy, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [62] — alfawzan.live (1:02:50)
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