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No right to take land back after giving it to a madrasa

Question

The owners of a plot of land transferred it to Madrasa Badr al-Islam and had the deed registered as permanent. The original wording of the deed is as follows: Before the original deed (?) We, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majid son of the late Hajji Hafiz Shaykh Muhammad, resident of the township of Shahganj, Angli subdistrict, Post Office Shahganj, Jaunpur — we, the declarants (muqirr)

Answer

This enclosure was given to Madrasa Badr al-Islam permanently, as is expressly stated in clause (a). As long as the madrasa exists, it will remain the property of the madrasa, as is mentioned in clause (a). Neither the giver nor the giver’s heirs have any right to take it back, as is mentioned in clause (c).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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