Endowments (waqf) and property

Contents

• Waqf (endowment): definition and legal status
• Conditions for the validity of a waqf
• Is a waqf irrevocable?
• Family waqf (waqf dhurri)
• Managing a waqf: the nazar (custody)
• Istibdal (replacement) and the end of a waqf
• Reviving dead land (ihya')
• Hiba: the gift
• 'Ariya: the loan for use
• Wadi'a: the deposit of trust
• Ghasb: usurpation
• Luqata: the lost item found
• Shuf'a: the right of preemption
• Leasing waqf assets
• Contemporary waqf: cash waqf and new forms
• Easements and neighbor rights
• Equality among children in gifts and hiba