Talk:Waqf

Jerusalem
I think the addition of category Jerusalem's addition needs to be discussed. If anything Jerusalem is waqf (claimed as it at least) not waqf being Jerusalem which would severely limit the scope of waqf and be untrue. I put this up before reverting because I would like IZAK's comments. You may want to add something about claims of Jerusalem being waqf land, but the category should go. gren グレン 06:57, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Opening line needs to be clarified as words such as inalienable really dont provide much help or definition for the average reader. Alexantonios 17:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I will be attempting a rewrite of this article here. All are welcome to cooperate and respond.Bless sins (talk) 03:37, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * For further reading we need books on waqf or that cover waqf substantially. Books on Islamic history at large are irrelevant.Bless sins (talk) 03:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Moved from article
I've moved the following unsourced content from the article, as it was unsourced.Bless sins (talk) 18:01, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

"Awqaf were among the most important owners of property (movable as well as immovable) in the Islamic world until recent times, and remain significant. Their incomes support the upkeep of many mosques; in past times, charitable services such as hospitals and orphanages were often maintained by awqaf."

"The practice of declaring property as waqf gained considerable currency due to the practice in many Muslim states of expropriating the properties of important persons, especially officials, when they died or were disgraced. By declaring his estate as waqf and his descendants as trustees, a rich man could provide an income for his surviving family."

"The Muslim administrative body responsible for the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem is often referred to as 'the waqf'."

"Most waqfs are created with an endowment of real estate property. But endowments of cash, hence cash waqfs, have also been permitted. Such waqfs were popular particularly in the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman jurists were not in agreement about the legality of these cash waqfs. While the SeyhulIslam Ebussuud Efendi supported them and gave a fatwa to that effect, some others did not. The result was the cash waqf controversy. The main objection pertained to the way the waqf funds were invested. But cash waqfs were supported by the Ottoman sultans, who considered them essential for the Islamization of South Eastern Europe."

The waqf revenue was not taxed; large portions of land in Egypt and the Ottoman empire were devoted to waqf and thus lay outside of the state’s control. The Ulama were the waqf trustees and assigned waqf revenues to their designated purposes. The net result was to introduce the concept of private ownership of land and to concentrate enormous holdings into the hands of a few families.


 * I have done a little research into what a waqf is, and the portion that you removed for lack of citation seems to be in line with everything I've read over on britannica.com and so forth. I don't have time to formally edit the article and add proper references and everything, but, had it still been in the article with the appropriate "citation needed" tag, I would have gladly alotted an appropriate source or two.  I believe that's why we are supposed to use the "citation needed" tag rather than outright delete information that we don't know to be true or not.  It seems that this information was removed for some kind of "political" reason.  Anyway, there's my take on it.  I won't fix it but I'm pointing out that removing uncited information should only be done when a quick google search can't confirm that information within 2 minutes of looking.  JudgeX (talk) 18:56, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

The book "An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire" by Halil Inalcik discusses wakfs extensively and takes up many of the things mentioned in the removed text. Someone ought to get the book and put all that information back there (with references) as this, atleast according to Inalcik, was a major factor in the Ottoman economy and society. 194.103.189.41 (talk) 11:16, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Confusing Definitions
From the article:
 * Waqf signifies the extinction of the waqf`s ownership in the thing dedicated and detention of all the thing in the implied ownership of God, in such a manner that its profits may revert to or be applied "for the benefit of Mankind

...ok, it's probably not productive to use the word waqf in the definition of waqf. I'm thoroughly confused by this. Can anyone shed some light on the topic? Is the waqf like a trust? Is it the endowment itself? Who typically manages it, an individual or a council? Is it governmental, or a private matter? In what respect is the donation detained? Are there associated limitations or benefits to property being declared waqf, like tax relief or a government stipend? Help! - Eric (talk) 17:37, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree; this article is very hard to understand in general. It uses a lot of religious jargon that is difficult to grasp for someone not familiar with that jargon. MeffJills (talk) 02:42, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

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Assalamualaikum

[Redracted] Reason for redraction: This is not a fatwa site. Please ask a local imam or fatwa site.

Pronunciation?
To say that "waqf" is pronounced "'waqf" doesn't really tell us anything. Is it just pronounced like "whack" with an "f" on the end? Or "whack - if"? Or is it "wa-kwif"?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 01:13, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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