Equalizing gifts among children and giving one of them a house
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if a father gives his son a house for him and his wife to live in, is this father required to give the rest of his children, both the older and younger, male and female, the value of the house? Knowing that the rest of the children have not yet married.
Answer:
Yes, he is required to give, to equalize among his children in the gift, unless the one he gave the residence to is poor and unable to afford housing, in which case there is no harm in that if he singled him out because of his poverty and his inability to obtain housing, there is no harm in that. But if they are all [in the same situation], it is not permissible to single out some of them with a gift to the exclusion of others. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 2587. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if a father gives his son a house for him and his wife to live in, is this father required to give the rest of his children, both the older and younger, male and female, the value of the house? Knowing that the rest of the children have not yet married.
Answer:
Yes, he is required to give, to equalize among his children in the gift, unless the one he gave the residence to is poor and unable to afford housing, in which case there is no harm in that if he singled him out because of his poverty and his inability to obtain housing, there is no harm in that. But if they are all [in the same situation], it is not permissible to single out some of them with a gift to the exclusion of others. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Be afraid of Allah, and be just to your children.
اتقوا الله واعدلوا بين أولادكم
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 23 / فتاوى على الهواء - 17 07 1436هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (24:02)
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