Inclusion of female descendants when the term used is 'children' (أولاد) in a Waqf dedication?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Endowments (Awqaf) and Donations

Book 27 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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When the dedication is to 'my children' or the children of a specific person, the default application of the ruling includes the male children (sons and grandsons through sons) but excludes the descendants of daughters, as they belong to another man's lineage. This distinction is explicitly drawn from the ruling concerning descendants.