Endowment: Government Use of Endowed Land for Public Projects and Compensation Duty

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Government Use of Endowed Land for Public Projects and Compensation Duty

English:

Question #2036:

For planning or technical reasons precipitated by the need to develop certain sites into projects such as dams, power stations and public parks, some government departments find themselves appropriating endowed land. Should the executing parties of these projects be liable for paying compensation or rent?

Answer #2036:

Insofar as private endowments are concerned, the beneficiaries have to be approached with a view to buying or leasing the endowed land from them. As for the endowments whose proceeds are dedicated to certain groups of people, they have to be rented from the shar‘ī trustee. The proceeds from the rent should be spent in the avenue prescribed in the endowment deed. However, if the property is disposed of in any way, compensation should be paid to the shar‘ī trustee so that he can buy another property in replacement of the original endowment and the proceeds generated thereof spent in the avenue specified in the endowment deed.

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