Waqf : aporverty alleviation tool in Malaysia / Che’ Khalilah Mahmood, Nor Haliza Hamzah and Wan Nor Hafidzah Wan Mohd

• Main Authors: Mahmood, Che’ Khalilah, Hamzah, Nor Haliza, Wan Mohd, Wan Nor Hafidzah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2017
• Subjects: Waqf. Awqāf. Charities. Endowments; Malaysia; The practice of Islam
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29223/1/29223.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29223/

Waqf is a charitable instrument in Islam that has many roles including helping the have-nots in the society. This paper discusses Waqf as a poverty alleviation tool in Malaysia, the key roles of Waqf institutions and the issues faced by those institutions in Malaysia. Â This is a conceptual paper wh...