Is it permissible to set a time limit for a waqf (endowment), such as saying: “This well is a waqf for two years”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to set a time limit for a waqf? He says: “This well is a waqf for two years.”
Answer:
No, the time is perpetual. It is not limited. If it is limited, it is not valid. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to set a time limit for a waqf? He says: “This well is a waqf for two years.”
Answer:
No, the time is perpetual. It is not limited. If it is limited, it is not valid. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1979 -3022] هل يجوز تحديد زمن الوقف، فيقول: هذه البئر وقفٌ لمدة سنتين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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