Fatwas on Waqf from the Supreme Leader - May his shadow be prolonged - پرسش و پاسخ

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Ali bin al-Jawad al-Husayni al-Khamenei Istifta: A piece of land measuring approximately four hundred square meters, which previously contained several residential rooms, was endowed (waqf) for a mosque, but it has now become dilapidated. Ali bin al-Jawad al-Husayni al-Khamenei Istifta: In cases where endowed lands fall within the plans for public roads and streets, upon whom does the Sharia-mandated payment of the waqf's rental value fall? Ali bin al-Jawad al-Husayni al-Khamenei Istifta: In lands covered by forests and natural pastures that have undergone legal processes and, according to the laws, are owned by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and where humans had no involvement in their creation, yet from another perspective, the Endowment Office (Awqaf) claims the endowment of these forest and pasture lands, what will be the executive status of the officials in making decisions aimed at resolving the problems? Ali bin al-Jawad al-Husayni al-Khamenei Istifta: It is requested that your blessed opinion be provided regarding the use of the tapestries (zilo) that were endowed in the Grand Mosque and are currently unused, to be placed under the bookshelves of the mosque library, which is also part of the mosque, so that they may be used for prayer, etc. Ali bin al-Jawad al-Husayni al-Khamenei Istifta: There is a piece of land that was previously an endowed cemetery (waqf). Ali bin al-Jawad al-Husayni al-Khamenei Istifta: A small building was constructed in the year 1349 (SH) in the name of Husayniyya of Imam Hussain(a), and the formula of endowment (sighat al-waqf) was recited by the endower.