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Is it permissible for a father to write over his property to his daughters during his lifetime to preserve their inheritance from relatives, knowing that he has no male children?

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Registering apartments in the names of daughters is considered a bequest to an heir if the intention is for ownership to transfer after death. A bequest to an heir is not permissible unless the other heirs consent, based on the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) saying: "Indeed, Allah has given every rightful person their right, so there is no bequest to an heir."

However, if the intention is a gift during one's lifetime, then it is permissible, provided there is fairness among the children and the conditions of a gift are met, such as possession and not being contingent upon death.

A gift is not permissible if its intention is to deprive heirs of their rightful share in inheritance, and a gift intended to deprive heirs is considered a forbidden circumvention of Allah's law.

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