Endowment: Ownership After Temporary Ḥabs (Charitable Withholding) of Land

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Ownership After Temporary Ḥabs (Charitable Withholding) of Land

English:

Question #2067:

A person made his land ḥabs for a shar‘ī purpose in the hope that they would have it again at the end of the duration of relinquishing it for charitable purposes. Is he become the owner at the end of the time? Can they benefit from the reacquired land in the same way they act with their other property?

Answer #2067:

If the donor was the rightful owner of the land and they made it ḥabs according to the shar‘ī rules and regulations, the ḥabs is valid. Thus, all the provisions and consequences should apply. After the duration of the ḥabs came to an end, the land should revert to the ownership of the owner and be treated like any other property of theirs. As a result, he owns its benefits.

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