waqf
Speech parts
1. waqf - Noun
2. waqf - Verb
Meaning
waqf (plural awqaf or waqfs)
An endowment of land, in certain Islamic countries, given over for religious or charitable purposes.
waqf (third-person singular simple present waqfs, present participle waqfing, simple past and past participle waqfed)
(transitive) To give as a waqf.
Examples
According to the arrangement, al-Dari and his descendants were only permitted to tax the residents for their land and the waqf of the Ibrahimi Mosque was entrusted to them.
A musallah is often not part of a permanent endowment (waqf), or it is otherwise not intended to become a permanent legal masjid (as defined in the Sharia).
A 1929 publication, A Brief Guide to the Haram al-Sharif, written by Waqf historian Aref al Aref, declares that the Mount’s “identity with the site of Solomon’s temple is beyond dispute.
He promised to protect both endowment and Waqf lands.
Darshan-Leitner says, "This private suit is an unprecedented response to the brutal attempt by the Waqf extremists to eradicate any Jewish claim over the Temple Mount.
Israeli policemen scuffle with a Waqf security guard, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 13, 2018.