Basic Principles of Waqf | Case Reference

Basic Principles of Waqf- According to Imam Abu Hanifa the meaning of waqf is the detention of a specific thing in the ownership of waqf and the devoting of its profit or products "in charity of poors or other good objects". Imam Abu Yusuf said, "Waqf signifies the extinction of the waqif's ownership in the thing dedicated and detention of all the thing in the implied ownership of the Almighty Allah, in such a manner that its profits may revert to or be applied 'for the benefit of Mankind.' Three basic principles governed the waqf: the trust was required to be irrevocable, perpetual, and inalienable. Once property was declared waqf by its owner, the trust thereby created was irrevocable. It means (i) inalienable lands used for charitable purposes and (ii) pious endowments. ..... Hafizuddin (Md.) =VS= Mozaffor Mridha, [5 LM (AD) 105]