Endowment: Eligibility of Daughters in an Endowment Originally Designated for Sons

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Eligibility of Daughters in an Endowment Originally Designated for Sons

English:

Question #2052:

A person bequeathed his property to his sons by way of endowment. After his death the Religious Endowments Authority, without due attention to the provisions laid down in the endowment deed, registered the endowment in the names of the man’s children, i.e. male and female. Should this mean that the daughters become eligible to have shares of the land?

Answer #2052:

Registering the names of the females alongside the males in the title deed of the land held in trust is not sufficient for their entitlement to shares of the proceeds of the land. If it is proved that the land was bequeathed exclusively to the male children, it should be theirs alone.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Endowments