The Position of the Intention of Closeness to Allah in Religious Endowment (Waqf) in the View of Islamic Jurisprudence and Iranian Law

Regarding the religious endowment, a discussion is raised among the jurists and researchers about the position of the intention of closeness to Allah in religious endowment and therefore the result of its essence. The Civil Code, which examines the rulings on religious endowment, has not stated the necessity of stipulating the intention of proximity in religious endowment. There are three views among jurists in jurisprudence; some consider the intention of proximity in religious endowment as a condition of correctness, and some deny the condition of the intention of proximity. The third group also elaborate between general and specific religious endowment. They consider intention as a condition for general endowment but not specific endowment. The present study, using the analytical-descriptive method and relying on the library method as well as the originality of the absolute, the validity of the infidel’s religious endowment, the lack of reason for the necessity of the intention of proximity, it has been concluded that the intention of proximity is not a condition for religious endowment. The silence of Civil Law can also be attributed to the acceptance of this theory.