Endowments and Waqf
46 questions
What is the ruling on a waqf (endowed) Mushaf if it becomes damaged or torn? Is it obligatory to restore it, provide a replacement for it, or leave it as it is? Is it permissible to destroy it?
Should a father's will, stipulating housing and financial support from his endowment for his divorced daughter, be executed after his death, if the daughter was the one who initiated the divorce (khulʿ)?
What is the best ongoing charity for the deceased, and does it expiate their sins?
Is the inheritance distributed among the heirs equally, or is it "to the male, twice the share of the female," according to the brother's wish?
Is the endower responsible for what happens to the property after him, diminishing his reward, or is it an ongoing charity no matter what happens? And is it permissible to endow a house to the Saudi Endowments while it is located in Iraq?
How is the inheritance of a deceased person who left behind a wife, two sons, and two daughters distributed, given that he left an old house built on Waqf land, which the eldest son renovated, knowing that he pays a monthly rent to the Endowments?
Is it permissible to establish an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) on behalf of a deceased woman and ourselves, in which non-Muslims contribute?
Are the banquets held a week or days after a person's death, to which the people of the town are invited, followed by glorification (tasbih), remembrance (dhikr), and supplication (du'a), considered a form of charity for the deceased and those who attend? And is providing food and holding banquets from the proceeds of lands and trees left as an endowment (waqf) for ongoing charity considered ongoing charity for the deceased? And is it permissible for someone who has their own sustenance to attend these banquets?
How is the inheritance of an endowed house (waqf) that was rented to a grandfather with six sons and three daughters distributed, and does it differ from a normal inheritance, especially with a written will stating that the male's share is double that of the female, and should the Sharia, which stipulates the equal distribution of endowments, be followed, or the will?
Is the authority over zakat and the authority over endowments centralized or decentralized in Sudan?
What is the ruling on an incompetent person (safeeh) making an endowment (waqf) for himself?
Do the two apartments built above the mosque with a private entrance and at the expense of one of the heirs enter into the deceased's inheritance after the mosque is annexed to the Awqaf (Endowments), and do all the heirs inherit therein?
Is it permissible to take old Mushafs of the Shumarli print from some mosques and place them in other mosques and Quran memorization centers that do not have this print, provided that new Mushafs are purchased and placed in their stead?
Is a man's leaving his wealth and property to his children for them to benefit from considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) for him?
Is it prohibited for daughters to inherit due to the grandfather's will, and is it permissible for the heirs to sell the "awqaf" (endowments) to end family disputes resulting from it?
How can a father be convinced that holding Sufi dhikr gatherings at home is an innovation (bid‘ah), and is it permissible for a son to retract his promise to his father to continue doing so after his father's death if the father is not convinced?
Is the money given to a sister to buy a refrigerator considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) if it is waived to become a gift, knowing that she will use it for household purposes such as drinking water, and does its reward continue after the demise of the giver?
What is meant by Sadaqah Jariyah (ongoing charity) and what is its virtue?
Is it permissible to provide financial assistance to the mosque's imam from the revenues of a building owned by the mosque's endowments?
Is it permissible to take the plastic cups placed next to Zamzam water in the Haram for use outside the Haram?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to establish and manage a shop on land that belongs to the mosque's endowments?
Is it permissible to exchange privately owned land for land owned by the Awqaf (religious endowments)?
Which is better: renovating a dilapidated waqf or establishing a new waqf, and what is the reward for someone who restores a dilapidated waqf?
Is the written assistance from the Syndicate for engineers with cancer considered a will, and is it forbidden to contest it, especially since it did not specify the names of the beneficiaries?