Endowments and Waqf
68 questions
Is it permissible to sell an idle waqf (endowment) and replace it with another that is more beneficial, and can the beneficiaries of the waqf be changed to include all future children?
What is the ruling on demolishing a mosque and changing its name?
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 it permissible to study at a school that was established for orphans free of charge, then began accepting regular students for a fee, knowing that its founder is unaware of this change? Is this considered deception and taking an orphan's place? And if studying there is unlawful, is it obligatory to make up for it?
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 install a water pipe from the Waqf well designated for the mosque for personal use at home, knowing that this will not affect the mosque?
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?