SSC 192/1970
Type
Case
Court
Saudi Arabia Scientific Commission
Jurisdiction
Saudi Arabia
Taxonomy
General Succession Law & Estate Planning, Young Persons
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
15 Oct 1970
Catchwords
Islamic Endowments – Minors – Inheritance
This case involved Islamic endowments which had been made by a dead man whose heirs included minors. The chief of the court had approved the endowment but as there was no evidence that he had known all the properties the man had owned had been included, the heirs would be allowed to challenge this.
Background
The heirs of a deceased man stated their father had put four houses he owned in the Islamic Endowments Fund and they had paid his debts after his death. The heirs stated some of the heirs were underage and requested the commission reconsider the issue of putting the four houses into the Islamic Endowment fund.
Decision
After viewing the endowment document which had been issued by the court in Mecca, the commission stated that the chief of the court approved putting the four houses in the Islamic Endowments fund. However, the documents of the case did not include any evidence that the chief of the court had known that the deceased man only owned these four houses.