He was asked:

A woman established an endowment to support her tomb after her death. She allocated a specified amount to Quran reciters, with any surplus going to the poor or charitable causes. She has a relative—her maternal uncle—who has become impoverished and needy and is no longer in service. The administrator has not provided him with enough to sustain him. Must the administrator be compelled to provide for this relative’s subsistence and meet his needs in preference to others?

He answered:

If the woman who established the endowment has a needy relative, such as a maternal uncle or the like, he has a greater claim than an unrelated poor person whose need is equal to his, and he should be given priority. If the endowment has sufficient resources to meet his needs, they should be met from it.

He was asked—may Allah have mercy on him:

Concerning endowments in a town dedicated to various institutions and purposes: schools, mosques, Sufi lodges, congregational mosques, hospitals, hospices, charitable assistance, and ransoming captives from the hands of the unbelievers. Some have their own administrator, while others have an administrator appointed by