Endowment: Permissibility of Municipality Endowing Public Land

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Permissibility of Municipality Endowing Public Land

English:

Question #2008:

Is it permissible for the Municipality to endow its land for public establishments?

Answer #2008:

This is subject to the remit of the authority of the municipality and the nature of the property. Should it be among the properties which can be endowed by shar‘ for public establishments, such as dispensary, hospital, masjid, etc., there is no objection to that. However, the municipality should have no jurisdiction over the lands earmarked for its sole purposes.

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