The Consideration of Legal Personality in Endowments

Question
Is legal personality considered in endowments?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: The legal personality in jurisprudence is like that in endowments and public funds; it is suitable for ownership and possession, and for being a creditor and a debtor. However, it must have a guardian who has full legal capacity to contract on its behalf. Yet, it does not receive all the rulings that are given to natural persons, such as the obligation of zakat, and the establishment of a separate liability independent of its owner, as in the establishment of certain companies, where the debt owed by it does not attach to its owners. Therefore, creditors cannot claim from the owner; because it is an independent legal personality. Such rulings are not accepted in jurisprudence, and God knows best.
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