waqf

The waqf continues to control and maintain most of the site.

"There was Waqf land in that general area," he said.

"My father wanted to go to the waqf," he said.

The Waqf documents stated nobody was ever to be turned away.

If the goods of the waqf are destroyed or damaged.

The beneficiaries of the waqf can be persons and public utilities.

Israel agreed to leave administration of the site in the hands of the Waqf.

Islamic law puts several legal conditions on the process of establishing a waqf.

The waqf institutions weren't popular in all parts of the Muslim world.

Once in their use, however, the waqf becomes an institution in its own right.

The founder, may himself choose to administer the waqf during his lifetime.

In any case, the instrument endowing the corresponding waqf is missing.

There is dispute over whether the founder himself can reserve exclusive rights to use waqf.

Most scholars agree that once the waqf is founded, it can't be taken back.

His waqf is considered the most important in Iran in size, value and importance.

The passageways from both gates are now used by the waqf as mosques.

The beneficiaries may not use the waqf for a purpose in contradiction of Islamic principles.

Usually a waqf has a range of beneficiaries.

The Waqf rejected that Israel had any right to halt the construction.

Most of this information has been gleaned from a waqf document from the time.

The waqf is a similar institution in Islamic law, restricted to charitable trusts.

However, the Israeli government subsequently left the Islamic waqf in control of the site.

These reforms hit the Islamic community worst, as all the waqf (endowment) land and property were taken over by the state.

All movable goods can also form into waqf, according to most Islamic jurists.

In 1996, the waqf built a modern prayer hall there, with a capacity for 7,000 worshippers.