The ruling on selling waqf (endowment) property if its benefits cease
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The questioner:
Shaykh Salih, regarding the situation where the benefit of a waqf (endowment) has changed, what is the solution in such a case?
The Shaykh:
If the benefits of the waqf become inoperative, as the jurists have mentioned, it is sold and its proceeds are spent on its equivalent. This is the legal principle: if it becomes inoperative...
The questioner:
We press to remove the waqf.
The Shaykh:
...it is sold and its value is spent on its equivalent. However, the application of this principle is carried out by the judge. Yes, to examine the reality and determine whether this principle applies to it or not. Yes.
Shaykh Salih, regarding the situation where the benefit of a waqf (endowment) has changed, what is the solution in such a case?
The Shaykh:
If the benefits of the waqf become inoperative, as the jurists have mentioned, it is sold and its proceeds are spent on its equivalent. This is the legal principle: if it becomes inoperative...
The questioner:
We press to remove the waqf.
The Shaykh:
...it is sold and its value is spent on its equivalent. However, the application of this principle is carried out by the judge. Yes, to examine the reality and determine whether this principle applies to it or not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم بيع الوقف إذا تعطلت منافعه – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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