Book of Waqf

Question: In a waqf inherited for the recitation of the Book of Allah Most High, are females given from it, given that the custom has been not to give them—because in most cases they are not Qurʾān reciters? What do...

Question: A man bequeathed to another man a waqf for him and for his progeny after him. The legatee then wrote a will that the yields be split in half: half of the yields to his heirs, and the other...

Question: I own a large, sprawling tract of land in which there is a fixed percentage for the waqf. I took charge of it because I saw many covetous people fixing their eyes on the waqf’s land to seize it....

Question: May the waqf-guardian exchange the mosque’s field, taking another field in its place for the sake of benefit?

Question: Is it permissible to transfer a mosque’s waqf to another mosque?

Question: We have a cistern from which the townspeople draw water and perform ablution, and it has a waqf whose yields exceed the cistern’s needs. We also have a needy mosque requiring repair. Is it permissible to disburse the surplus...

Question: A man holds yields endowed for the Meccan pigeons amounting to about five hundred Saudi riyals. He does not trust handing them to the waqf officials in Mecca or to anyone else, and the Meccan pigeonry is, in general,...

Question: There is a jarbah (field) endowed to the pigeons of Mecca. We have observed that the pigeons of Mecca are well-provided for by the grain pilgrims and visitors throw them throughout the year. Is it valid and permissible to...

Question: There is a mosque in a ruined village where no one prays, and it has money. What should the guardian do with the waqf funds that have piled up?

Question: What is the ruling on transferring a waqf from one man to another by sale—not a sale of the waqf corpus itself, but a sale of the yad (hand/possession right)?