What are the best deeds in which to make an endowment?

The questioner:
What are the best deeds in which to make an endowment?

The Shaykh:
Deeds of righteousness, deeds of righteousness at all times according to their circumstances. Yes, you look at the best deeds of righteousness in your time or in your country and make an endowment in them, because this varies with the variation of times, the variation of countries, and the variation of circumstances. Yes, and you consult the scholars. You consult the scholars, and they advise you regarding what is best, if Allah wills. Yes.

The questioner:
And he asks: Does the endowment have a specific wording?

The Shaykh:
"I have endowed," "I have restricted," and "I have made permanent" are its wordings. "I have restricted this land," "I have made it a public benefit." These are its wordings. Yes.

The questioner:
And does it have a specific amount?

The Shaykh:
The amount that people can benefit from. You endow something that people can benefit from; otherwise, it does not work. Anything that people can benefit from is permissible to endow. Yes.