Waqf | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:00:53 1 Terminology
00:01:49 2 Definitions
00:03:14 3 Islamic texts
00:04:18 4 Life cycle
00:04:27 4.1 Founding
00:04:42 4.1.1 Founder
00:05:26 4.1.2 Property
00:06:26 4.1.3 Beneficiaries
00:08:18 4.1.4 Declaration of founding
00:08:53 4.2 Administration
00:09:50 4.3 Extinction
00:11:17 5 History and location
00:12:14 5.1 Egypt
00:12:56 5.2 India
00:15:00 5.3 Other
00:15:50 6 Funding of schools and hospitals
00:16:44 7 Comparisons with trust law
00:18:44 8 See also



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SUMMARY
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A waqf (Arabic: وَقْف‎; [ˈwɑqf]), also known as hubous (حُبوس) or mortmain property, is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law, which typically involves donating a building, plot of land or other assets for Muslim religious or charitable purposes with no intention of reclaiming the assets. The donated assets may be held by a charitable trust. The person making such dedication is known as waqif, a donor. In Ottoman Turkish law, and later under the British Mandate of Palestine, the waqf was defined as usufruct State land (or property) of which the State revenues are assured to pious foundations. Although based on several hadiths and presenting elements similar to practices from pre-Islamic cultures, it seems that the specific full-fledged Islamic legal form of endowment called waqf dates from the 9th century AD (see paragraph "History and location").