Hiring, Renting, and Lease: Ruling on Validity of Leasehold from Trustee Later Declared Mentally Incapable

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Hiring, Renting, and Lease: Ruling on Validity of Leasehold from Trustee Later Declared Mentally Incapable

English:

Question #1629:

A person leased an endowed plot of land for ten years from its legal and shar‘ī trustee. The leasehold was officially registered. After the trustee passed away, his heirs claimed that the leasehold was unlawful because he [the deceased] was not capable of making a rational decision. What is the ruling in this matter?

Answer #1629:

Unless the actions of the trustee are proved to be invalid, the lease contract which he made should be deemed valid.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Hiring, Renting, and Lease