Endowment: Changing the Location of a Hussaini Commemoration Endowment
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Endowment: Changing the Location of a Hussaini Commemoration Endowment
English:
Question #2029:
A person designated his property, by way of endowment, for holding assemblies commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Ḥusayn in the village. Since it is no longer feasible for the trustee to hold such assemblies in the village itself, can he do the same in the town where he lives?
Answer #2029:
If the endowment is specifically for holding the commemorative gatherings in the village itself, and as long as it is feasible to comply with the instructions [contained in the endowment deed] in the village itself — albeit by appointing someone else to do so on his behalf — the trustee should not resort to moving the function to some other place. Indeed, it is obligatory on him to appoint someone else to hold these gatherings in the village.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Endowments