Endowment: Validity of an Endowment Made for a Misguided Sect

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Endowment: Validity of an Endowment Made for a Misguided Sect

English:

Question #2010:

The leader of a misguided sect endowed all his property for the group. In view of the fact that the validity of any endowment hinges upon that it should serve a legitimate interest and the fact that the aims, beliefs and deeds of this sect are corruptive, erroneous, and false, is the endowment deed valid and eventually the use of the endowment legitimate?

Answer #2010:

If it is proved that the purpose behind setting the endowment up is a ḥarām one and subservient to committing that which is sinful, such an endowment deed is void and null. Thus, the use of the property in such a lawfully forbidden avenue is invalid.

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