Endowment: Objection to Younger Trustee’s Appointment

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Objection to Younger Trustee’s Appointment

English:

Question #1997:

Some beneficiaries of the endowment, who deemed themselves suitable to be trustees, approached the authorized religious authority with the request to sanction their appointment to a trusteeship. The authorized religious authority did not accede to their request, as he was not impressed that they are up to the challenge. Can they still object to the appointment of the person who is more suitable to be a trustee, under the pretext that he’s younger than them?

Answer #1997:

He who is not entitled to be a trustee has no right to apply for the office of trustee. Nor has he the right to object to the appointment of another person who is more suitable to be trustee.

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