Conditions for the validity of a waqf

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What makes a waqf valid: conditions on the founder, the dedicated asset, the declarative formula and perpetuity, with the points where the 4 schools differ.

Sources and references

• Muslim 1718
• al-Bukhari 34
• Ibn al-Qayyim, I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in

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• 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

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