The Ruling on Making an Endowment During One's Lifetime While Retaining the Benefit of Its Yield
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Question:
Is it better for a person to make an endowment during his lifetime and assign its yield to himself and to the needy among his heirs, or to do so after his death?
Answer:
It is valid for him to make the endowment and exclude himself from benefiting from it during his lifetime? It is permissible for him to exclude himself from benefiting from it during his lifetime. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Is it better for a person to make an endowment during his lifetime and assign its yield to himself and to the needy among his heirs, or to do so after his death?
Answer:
It is valid for him to make the endowment and exclude himself from benefiting from it during his lifetime? It is permissible for him to exclude himself from benefiting from it during his lifetime. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب ما جاء في السحر — islamhouse.com (39:02)
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