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Do daughters have a right to the lands upon which males have built their homes, especially since the daughters are married and well-off? And is the father's division of the olive land among sons and daughters, estimated by the number of trees, valid without allocating a share for the mother?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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What the father did by allocating building land to his sons, if it was for a valid reason such as their need and the daughters' lack of need, then there is no blame on him. If there was no valid reason, then it is obligatory for him to be just in his giving, by giving the daughters the same as he gave the sons from his agricultural land, adjusting it by value or giving them its value in cash. It is preferable to equalize between males and females in giving. As for the mother, he is not obligated to give her the same as the children, but it is not permissible to distribute wealth with the intention of depriving her of inheritance.

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