Endowment: Removing a Negligent Trustee
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Endowment: Removing a Negligent Trustee
English:
Question #1998:
The appointed trustee of an endowment was found to be negligent and irresponsible. Is it permissible to discharge him and appoint someone else in their place?
Answer #1998:
Negligence and irresponsibility alone cannot be sufficient legal grounds for discharging the appointed trustee and replacing him. The matter has to be referred to the authorised religious authority who can order him to properly discharge his responsibilities vis-à-vis the endowment deed. If this was not forthcoming, he would order him to choose a suitable person to run the endowment on his behalf or the authorized religious authority would appoint that second person alongside him.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Endowments