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Endowments can be for anybody.

You are the person who is in charge of the endowment.

You are the one who gets to decide, you are the

one who gets to decide who uses the endowment. So, for example, you can say that when I die, this garden shall be used for the orphans of this particular

Madrasa. Or you can say it will be used for the Fokara of this city.

Or you can say it will be used for my family members who are poor.

You as the person who chooses the endowment has the right to put all the conditions that you want on it.

And it can be as specific or as general as you want.

Historically speaking, the reason why scholarship and

muschids flourished in Islam was not because of the state, it was because of

the endowments.

Historically speaking, the reason why scholarship was independent.

One of the biggest problems that has taken place

is that in the last 150 years after the advent of colonialism

the Aukoff was acquired by the governments and what the used to be independent became dependent upon the government.

Simple example of Azhar, for example, not to be controversial, but less than a hundred years ago was when Azhar was acquired by the government.

And there was a huge rebellion by the Ulama Avasa.

They didn't want to be acquired because once you're acquired you're in big trouble.

You are salaried employees.

You cannot speak your mind.

You have influence.

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