Is distributing mushafs, providing water, or distributing books considered an endowment (waqf)?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is one who endows mushafs, provides water, or distributes a book considered to be doing something among the matters of endowment?
Answer:
Yes, this is among the beneficial matters of endowment. Endowing books for students of knowledge, so they benefit from them and do not take them out of their place, is permissible. This is a good thing.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is one who endows mushafs, provides water, or distributes a book considered to be doing something among the matters of endowment?
Answer:
Yes, this is among the beneficial matters of endowment. Endowing books for students of knowledge, so they benefit from them and do not take them out of their place, is permissible. This is a good thing.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1963 -3022] هل يعتبر من الوقف توزيع المصاحف أو إجراء الماء، أو توزيع الكتب؟ — youtube.com
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