Is endowment valid when designated for a slave?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Endowments (Awqaf) and Donations

Book 27 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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Endowment is invalid when designated for a slave, even if we hold that a slave can acquire ownership through a vesting act. This is because endowment requires the permanent restriction (tahbis) of the principal asset, and a slave does not possess a permanent, established ownership right.