An endowment for descendants, even if some of them are wealthy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to make a lineage endowment, even if some of them are wealthy?
Answer:
It is permissible for a person to make an endowment for his descendants, but he must not specify some of them to the exclusion of others, saying, "This is the superior lineage," whether the excluded one is foolish or has a defect. However, making an endowment for the sons of the male line, as they say, to the exclusion of the sons of the daughters, is not permissible. The Shaykh and Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) condemned this in his treatise, which he called "The Endowment of Paradise," and it is the deprivation of the sons of the daughters. If a person makes an endowment for his entire lineage, it includes the sons of the sons and the sons of the daughters.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to make a lineage endowment, even if some of them are wealthy?
Answer:
It is permissible for a person to make an endowment for his descendants, but he must not specify some of them to the exclusion of others, saying, "This is the superior lineage," whether the excluded one is foolish or has a defect. However, making an endowment for the sons of the male line, as they say, to the exclusion of the sons of the daughters, is not permissible. The Shaykh and Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) condemned this in his treatise, which he called "The Endowment of Paradise," and it is the deprivation of the sons of the daughters. If a person makes an endowment for his entire lineage, it includes the sons of the sons and the sons of the daughters.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الوقف — islamhouse.com (53:29)
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