Giving ongoing charity during one's lifetime or after death
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it better for a person to give ongoing charity before his death, or is it better after his death?
Answer:
It is permissible in all cases. Ongoing charity means an endowment (waqf). Ongoing charity means an endowment. An endowment is of two types: an endowment that takes effect during one's lifetime, and an endowment that is contingent upon death. This takes the ruling of a bequest. It takes the ruling of a bequest. Therefore, the one that takes effect immediately is better. Because it does not take the ruling of a bequest after death, so it is not paid out except from one-third only. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it better for a person to give ongoing charity before his death, or is it better after his death?
Answer:
It is permissible in all cases. Ongoing charity means an endowment (waqf). Ongoing charity means an endowment. An endowment is of two types: an endowment that takes effect during one's lifetime, and an endowment that is contingent upon death. This takes the ruling of a bequest. It takes the ruling of a bequest. Therefore, the one that takes effect immediately is better. Because it does not take the ruling of a bequest after death, so it is not paid out except from one-third only. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من الوجه السابع : أن اعتماد العبد على المخلوق وتوكله عليه يوجب له الضرر من جهته هو ولا بد — islamhouse.com (58:38)
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