Endowment: Trustee Claim Over Donated Masjid Land
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Endowment: Trustee Claim Over Donated Masjid Land
English:
Question #1985:
The owners of the properties adjacent to a masjid donated parts of their property to be annexed to the masjid with a view to extending it. After consultation with the Islamic scholars, it was agreed that a separate title deed be drawn up for the newly donated land. However, the person who built the masjid, and who is the current trustee, refused to agree to this arrangement, requesting that the donated land be noted on the title deed of the existing endowment trust. He further demanded that he should be the trustee of the entire endowment. Has he the right to demand that and is it obligatory that his demands are met?
Answer #1985:
The jurisdiction over the land that has recently been annexed to the masjid, the drafting of the endowment deed, and the appointment of the endowment trustees should all belong to the new donors. The existing trustee should have no right to object to that.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Endowments