Encouraging Care for Endowments and Their Virtue

Question:
At the end of the chapter on endowments, and just minutes before the end of the program, we would like you to direct a word to the Muslims regarding the care of endowments. Especially since the Muslims, may Allah reward them with good, give a great deal in charity, but it needs guidance. The Christians, whom Allah has humbled, spend a great deal on their falsehood, to the point where it is mentioned that the church has five million full-time employees in the world.

Answer:
There is no doubt that it was mentioned at the beginning of the chapter that an endowment is a good deed, and that it is established by the Sunnah and the practice of the Muslims. It is what is meant by the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) . The ongoing charity is the endowment. It is obligatory, and Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him) says . So the endowment is a righteous deed and a good deed.
If it is for a cause that benefits the Muslims, such as an endowment for the needy, for the poor, for students of knowledge in need, for mosques, for teaching beneficial knowledge, for printing books, for the callers to Allah the Exalted, for teaching the Qur'an, and for teaching knowledge, there is no doubt that these are noble deeds. It is obligatory for those of wealth, those of affluence, and those of riches not to deprive themselves of this important facility and noble deed. They should make endowments and choose from among endowments those that have a yield and a benefit that continues after them, so that it becomes a reward that flows to them after their death.
For their deeds will soon be cut off, and nothing will remain for them of their deeds except these three things: either beneficial knowledge that is benefited from, or a righteous child who prays for him, or an ongoing charity. And perhaps a person will not have a child, or perhaps the child will not be righteous, and perhaps most people will not have knowledge. But they have wealth. So wealth is abundant in the hands of people now. It is an opportunity for those whom Allah the Exalted has enabled to provide for their Hereafter and their benefit after their death through charitable endowments that have benefit for individuals and benefit for charitable causes, and whose work continues, and whose good continues for them after their death. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you and may He reward you with good.