Endowment: Does Mining Use Change the Status of Endowed Land?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Does Mining Use Change the Status of Endowed Land?

English:

Question #2053:

A century ago, a property situated on a riverbank was held in trust. In compliance with the law banning the sale of lands held in trust, an official title deed was issued confirming that the said property is held in trust. However, the government turned the property into a mining site. Does this render it anfāl or should it remain an endowment?

Answer #2053:

If it is proved that the land was legally made an endowment, no one, whether individual or government has the right to appropriate it. It should, therefore, remain an endowment, coming under the umbrella of the rules governing endowments.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Endowments