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An endowment. Property dedicated to religious or charitable purposes.
A bequest for religious or charitable purposes, an endowment, an
appropriation of property by will or by gift to the service of God in such
a way that it may be beneficial to men.
“Waqf” means the permanent dedication by a person professing Islam of
any movable or immovable property for any purpose recognised by Muslim Law
as pious, religious or charitable, and includes any other endowment or
grant for the aforesaid purposes, a waqf by user, and a waqf created by a
non-Muslim.
Explanation.—When more than fifty per cent, of the net available income
of a waqf is exclusively applied for religious and charitable purposes,
such a waqf shall be deemed to be a public waqf within the meaning of
clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 85 of the Non-Agricultural Tenancy
Act, 1949 and shall be deemed to be a trust for public purposes of a
charitable or religious nature within the meaning of section 92 of the Code
of Civil Procedure, 1908. ….. [Section 2(10) of the Waqfs Ordinance,
1962]
“Wakf” means the permanent dedication by a person professing the
Mussalman faith of any property for any purpose recognised by the Mussalman
Law as religious, pious or charitable. ….. [Section 2(1) of the Mussalman
Wakf Validating Act, 1913]
Wakf created without making provision for cha¬ritable purposes of
permanent nature is not a valid and legal wakf—Provision made by wakif
for feed¬ing persons who might be present at his death and burial is not a
charitable object to make the wakf valid. ….. [Abdur Rahim vs. Kaplan
Mia, (1973) 25 DLR 290]
See also, the Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1930; Tahsilhhukta Dorgah
(Porichalona o Bebosthapona) Rohitokoron Ain, 1994.
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