Will my children receive the Waqf proceeds based on their inheritance shares?
Mufti Faraz Adam has spent almost a decade studying Islamic law. He completed his Islamic studies in the six-year Alimiyyah degree at Darul Uloom Leicester. He then went…Read More
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Waqf does not operate based on potential inheritance shares. If children are stipulated as the beneficiaries of the Waqf proceeds, unless one has stipulated a difference in the distribution, all the children will benefit equally from the Waqf proceeds. For example, if there are five children, two boys and three girls, each child will receive 20% from the Waqf proceeds.
And Allah Alone Knows Best
Mufti Faraz Adam,
I Waqf Shariah Advisor
