Family waqf in Islamic law: an analysis of its socio-legal significance and its abolishment in Arab states and India

• Main Authors: Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman, Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Hasan, Aznan
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: HG4301 Trust services; HV40 Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice; KBP50 History, development and application of Islamic law
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/59823/1/EDW%20B14-166-1051%20%20%20FULL%20VERSION%20OF%20RESEARCH%20REPORT.docx; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59823/3/EDW%20B14-166-1051%20%20%20FULL%20VERSION%20OF%20RESEARCH%20REPORT.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59823/

A public welfare waqf and a waqf created for the benefit of individuals such as descendants and family of a person, and both are treated as recommended avenues for voluntary gratuitous transfer of benefits in the Shari‘ah. Over the centuries, family awqaf have degenerated due to various social and...