Endowment: Using Water from a Public Endowed Spring for Homes and Other Locations

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Using Water from a Public Endowed Spring for Homes and Other Locations

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Question #2031:

For many years now, a water spring has been set apart, by way of endowment, for public use. Is it permissible to supply its water through a pipe grid to different places, including residential homes?

Answer #2031:

There is no objection to making use of the water provided that installing the water pipes does not change the endowment, that the use is not made in avenues other than those specified in the endowment deed, and that this does not constitute any hindrance to the beneficiaries having access to the water. Otherwise, it is not permissible.

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