Is it permissible to develop specific waqf land for a purpose other than the founder's original intention?

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Johor6 October 2020Fatwa committee decision

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Authority: Johor State Mufti Department
Date: 6 October 2020
Status: Fatwa committee decision
Series: Fatwa Negeri Johor
Topic: Endowment (Waqf) & Religious Property

No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.

Summary

The Johor State Fatwa Committee decided on 17 August 2016 that it is permissible under Islamic law to change the stated conditions of two waqf sites: PTB 2003 for the Al-Fateh International School and PTB 17458 for a Waqf Specialist Hospital, with the agreement of the Johor Islamic Corporation and the Johor Islamic Religious Council. A later review found that the arguments and references in the working paper must be redone, as they were not drawn from Shafie school jurisprudence texts but mostly from Ibn Taymiyyah's views and secondary sources. This fatwa is not gazetted.

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Johor State Mufti Department. “HUKUM MEMBANGUNKAN TANAH WAKAF KHAS SELAIN NIAT ASAL PEWAKAF”, 6 October 2020. https://said.johor.gov.my/perkhidmatan/paparan_detail_fatwa.php?id=214. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/developing-specific-waqf-land-against-founder-intention/