Endowments and Waqf
46 questions
Is it permissible for one beneficiary of an endowed waqf to relinquish his share to another beneficiary?
Is it permissible to remove the supervisor of an endowment from another endowment where he did not commit betrayal, if he was removed from one of the two endowments due to betrayal?
Is it permissible to donate gold and clothes as a waqf (endowment) by a person suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswasah) who does not truly desire to do so?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning a righteous man who prays and calls the Adhan at the mosque, and collects donations for its adornment, but takes from these funds with the intention of repaying them later, while calculating what he takes?
Is it permissible for the Islamic Association in Taiwan to collect donations from Muslims, including Sadaqa and Zakat funds, to purchase cemeteries for Muslims, given that Zakat funds are disbursed only to the eight categories, and is it true that necessity permits this, especially since Taiwan's law stipulates cremation for the deceased due to the absence of a cemetery?
What is the ruling on receiving a sum of money from a tenant who wishes to purchase a plot of land leased from the Awqaf (endowments), and do the heirs have the right to claim their share when another plot of land leased from the Awqaf is sold, which one of the heirs bought from the Awqaf to sell to others?
Is it permissible to donate a Qur'an, obtained for free from the Ministry of Endowments, as an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
What is meant by endowments or endowment?
How and under what conditions are books transferred between mosques, and who has the right to do so?
Is the condition stipulated by the property owner, that two pounds be given monthly for Quranic recitations (khatmat) and 40 piasters for the carriers of the Book of Allah (hafizat al-kitab), considered an irrevocable charitable endowment (waqf khayri)? And must the heirs pay 4000 pounds monthly to the Endowments Authority (Hay’at al-Awqaf) for this share, despite their having converted the ground floor into shops at their own expense?
Is it permissible to dispose of land that a woman donated to the Department of Awqaf (Endowments), and then one of her relatives reclaimed it due to unfulfilled procedures, knowing that part of it has transferred to the ownership of one of the heirs?
Is it permissible to allocate a budget from cash endowments to cover the wages and maintenance of endowed assets such as schools and hospitals, and what is the ruling on this in the four schools of thought?
Is it permissible to dedicate part of one's property as an endowment (waqf) for the purpose of spending on parents and unmarried sisters, and then for it to become an ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah) or to revert to the heirs after the death of the parents and the marriage of the sisters, and is zakat obligatory on the endowment?
What is the ruling on waqfs (endowments) for bid'ah (innovations in religion)? And what is the ruling on waqfs for reciting the Qur’an for the deceased? And what is the ruling on purchasing an invalid waqf?
What is the ruling on deeds accomplished with a stolen phone, and what is the ruling on a new phone purchased using the proceeds from a stolen phone?
What is the ruling on praying behind imams who pronounce the letter "ض" (ḍād) as "ظ" (ẓāʾ), and who pause incorrectly during Quranic recitation, claiming that this is their own special recitation approved by the Turkish Ministry of Endowments, both for those who are more proficient in recitation than them and for those who are less proficient? And does the ruling differ between silent and audible prayers?
Is it permissible to وقف (endow) 4 residences out of 8 for the two disabled children, to the exclusion of the other children?
Is it permissible for sons or grandsons to appropriate a portion of Waqf land for residential purposes without paying rent, in accordance with the endower's conditions which stipulate that the endowment is for his progeny and descendants, with the exclusion of daughters' daughters?
Is it permissible to place the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yamin) in a charitable endowment (waqf khayri) affiliated with a society, with the intention of it being an expiation, especially when one does not know the needy or doubts whether they are truly needy?
Is it permissible for a father to differentiate between his children in lending and not achieve financial justice among them?
Is it permissible to open an account for Zakat funds in an Islamic bank for a Quran memorization school that is intended to be built? Is it permissible to start collecting Zakat for it now? What is the ruling on collected Zakat funds if they are not used for a full year due to the delay in opening the school? Is Zakat obligatory on them?
Is it permissible to lend or dispose of books found in mosque libraries, and who has the right to use them?