Endowments and Waqf
81 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?
Does a deserted mosque, designated for teaching women the Quran, retain the ruling of a mosque, and is it permissible for a menstruating woman to enter it to seek knowledge?
Is it permissible, Islamically, to demolish a mosque built on the roof of a house in order to replace it with shops, after the homeowner donated an adjacent plot of land for the construction of a larger mosque and a school, and stipulated the demolition of the first mosque?
Is it permissible to drink from a water spring found in cemeteries?
Is it permissible to collect donations from worshippers to build a room and a toilet for the Imam next to the mosque, with the intention of making it an endowment?
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?
Is it permissible to take the furnishings from the shrines, which the Sufis and the ignorant have built over graves, and use them in the mosque or in the homes of Muslims who are in greater need of them, without this being considered theft?
Is it permissible to construct a building over the entire area of a petrol station that contains a mosque, by changing the location of the mosque and sufficing with a prayer room (musalla) within the new building, or by appraising the current mosque and building another in a different location with its value?
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?
Is it permissible to allocate waqf funds to support youth and sports centers that aim to protect young people from deviancy and develop society, and what is the legal evidence for that?
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 it permissible to tie up the principal of houses and make their usufruct available to the heirs according to the share of each heir, and then to their male descendants and to whoever needs housing (as a charitable endowment), in order to prevent their sale and secure housing for the heirs after the death of the inheritor?
Can the rental value of an apartment endowed as housing for a poor person be counted towards the obligatory Zakat of the heirs, and anything exceeding Zakat be considered charity?
Is it permissible to appropriate a portion of land dedicated as a cemetery, in which a number of Muslims have been buried, in order to build a mosque upon it, given the presence of a large mosque 150 meters away, and given that the endower has passed away?
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 it permissible to dig a pit for sewage (blackwater) on a waqf (endowment) land?
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?