The Creation of New Awqaf

Waqf has been given enormous importance in the Islamic history. It is the institution of Waqf by which various great cultural, literary and public welfare tasks have been rendered successfully. Keeping these facts into consideration, the Fourteenth Seminar of Islamic Fiqh Academy proposes the following recommendations.

26.1 Effective measures have been taken up to get the Muslim Awqaf in India rid of the illegal and illegitimate government or non-government control, to expand the Awqaf property, to make them profitable and to invest the Awqaf funds while taking care of the due provisions of Shariah in view of the current implications.

26.2 New Awqaf should be created in order to fulfill the needs and the aspirations of the widows, divorcees, orphans, the sick and the needy.

26.3 'Educational funds' should be established to look after the needs of the needy students and to extend financial help to them in the form of scholarships and stipends.

26.4 'Fund for religious institutions' should be established for the betterment of religious centres and the Islamic madrasas.

26.5 Philanthropists should participate wholeheartedly in this endeavour to accomplish the above-mentioned objectives in diverse fields and thus become entitled to the perennial Charity.