Is it permissible for sick non-Muslims to benefit from the funds of a healthcare endowment (waqf) for treatment?
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If the endower stipulates that only poor Muslims may benefit from his endowment, then this condition must be adhered to. However, if the endower does not specify, then poor Dhimmis (non-Muslims living under Muslim rule) may benefit from it, because giving charity to them is considered an act of devotion. It is a condition that the beneficiary of the endowment be a charitable and devotional cause, whether the beneficiary is a Muslim or a Dhimmi. Indeed, it is narrated that Safiyyah bint Huyayy endowed for her Jewish brother.
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