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- Is the land inherited by the father rightfully his, and is the sin upon the ancestors who deprived females of inheritance? - Is it permissible for the father to divide this land with his sisters to clear his conscience of the sin committed by the ancestors? - What is the ruling on the crops that the father harvests from this land, and is there any sin upon the son for helping him and eating from it?

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The waqf (endowment) is valid, and what the grandfather did by depriving females is a mistake and a contravention of what is preferable, but his waqf is enforceable. Therefore, there is no blame upon the male beneficiaries for benefiting from the produce of the endowed land.

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