How should the produce of a ewe dedicated as an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) be dealt with: should it be distributed to the poor, or should it be collected and used to open a commercial shop?

Scholars have interpreted Sadaqah Jariyah (perpetual charity) as Waqf (endowment), which means holding the principal in trust and donating its usufruct. It is permissible to endow an animal for the purpose of distributing its offspring or benefiting from its produce (wool and milk). If the endower does not specify the beneficiary, then he may donate its offspring and produce to whomever he wishes, for any charitable cause, while the principal (the ewe) remains in trust, not to be sold, gifted, or inherited.