A mosque has many endowments, and the endower stipulated that their proceeds be spent on religious science schools and their students. A school has already been established, but when it was suggested to establish a school for memorizing the Quran, the imam of the mosque refused, arguing that the endower's text is limited only to religious sciences, considering that memorizing the Quran is not among them. The question is: Is it permissible to establish a school for memorizing the Quran from these proceeds, and is memorizing the Quran considered one of the religious sciences?

All praise is due to Allah.

The conditions set by the endower in an endowment (waqf) must be observed. If the endowment is designated for a specific entity or if conditions are set for eligibility, these must be adhered to and cannot be altered. The language of the endower should be interpreted according to their usual manner of address, language, and the custom of their locality. If the endower's text does not specify particular religious sciences, then the proceeds may be spent on Quran memorization schools, as the Quran is the head of all knowledge and the first thing a student of knowledge begins with. The jurists' saying, "The endower's text is like the text of the Lawgiver," refers only to the methods of understanding and implication, not to the obligation of acting upon it.