The Ruling on Bequeathing a Family Endowment to the Heirs
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is bequeathing a family endowment permissible, since the beneficiaries may be heirs?
The Shaykh:
A point, what?
The questioner:
The family endowment.
The Shaykh:
If he says, “For the poor of my descendants” or “For the poor among my relatives,” no. If he specifies it for the poor, there is no harm; in fact, they are more deserving—his needy relatives. But he must not designate one of them or relatives of his, saying, “So-and-so, Muhammad, Ali,” designating them to the exclusion of others. However, if he says, “For the poor,” and does not designate anyone, that is permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is bequeathing a family endowment permissible, since the beneficiaries may be heirs?
The Shaykh:
A point, what?
The questioner:
The family endowment.
The Shaykh:
If he says, “For the poor of my descendants” or “For the poor among my relatives,” no. If he specifies it for the poor, there is no harm; in fact, they are more deserving—his needy relatives. But he must not designate one of them or relatives of his, saying, “So-and-so, Muhammad, Ali,” designating them to the exclusion of others. However, if he says, “For the poor,” and does not designate anyone, that is permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 1 — islamhouse.com (29:37)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.