The Virtue of Waqf and Its Types
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Question:
Tell us about waqf (an endowment), and what is the best thing a Muslim can endow during his lifetime? Is a library considered a waqf?
Answer:
Yes, waqf has great virtue. It is the ongoing charity that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) counted among the things that continue to benefit a person after his death. Waqf is established in things that are used while their substance remains, in things that are exploited to take their yield, while their substance remains, and from whose yield his descendants, the needy, the poor, and the destitute benefit after him. This is waqf: making something whose substance remains, while benefiting from it and investing its yield in avenues of good. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Tell us about waqf (an endowment), and what is the best thing a Muslim can endow during his lifetime? Is a library considered a waqf?
Answer:
Yes, waqf has great virtue. It is the ongoing charity that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) counted among the things that continue to benefit a person after his death. Waqf is established in things that are used while their substance remains, in things that are exploited to take their yield, while their substance remains, and from whose yield his descendants, the needy, the poor, and the destitute benefit after him. This is waqf: making something whose substance remains, while benefiting from it and investing its yield in avenues of good. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/003 — archive.org (14:15)
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