Question:If a house is endowed (waqf) for one’s children and they all die during the lifetime of the person who endowed it, does the waqf become invalid?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the waqf is restricted solely to the children without any intermediary, the waqf is not valid, because continuity is a condition of the waqf as long as the world and its people exist, and the waqf is only valid for the children and their descendants. If the endower’s lineage ends; no sons, daughters, grandchildren, or other descendants such as grandsons, the waqf becomes invalid. Allah knows best.