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Religious Practices: Waqf: Arab States
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The experiences of women are an important topic of discussion within the growing field of
waqf studies. As an institution of Islamic law, the
waqf is understood as the irrevocable and perpetual sequestration of a preferably immovable and income-producing property, rendering it thus inalienable, the profits of which are distributed following the wishes of the endower to purposes that are considered pleasing to God (
qurba). Endowers had to be of age, free (as opposed to slaves), sound of mind and body, and the actual owners of the property they endowed, but ge…
