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A New Role for the Institution of Waqf - Hussein Elasrag
Introduction:
The institution of waqf, has played an instrumental role in addressing a range of socio-economic issues in the Muslim societies of the past. Many contemporary Islamic economists contend that the institution of waqf is still relevant to the socio-economic development of the Muslim societies, most of which face a multitude of problems. Social aspects of Islamic economics through waqf have been given little interest in Islamic economics literature, comparing to the Islamic finance and banking sector. The reason for this gap in the literature is mainly rooted in the challenges of collecting data and the measuring of Awqaf. The Waqf in many countries, and its Payment channels are mostly unreported and unclear, which is a clear obstacle for conducting an academic study. In this regard, there are several studies on understanding waqf and mostly, based on empirical studies such as surveys and interview analyses from some Islamic countries. But In many other countries, the studies on waqf are less than the other countries in spite of the people’s high sensibility in this countries on waqf as an charity of all Muslims. The scarcity of studies on waqf may arise from the lack of data and the lack of transparency in the economic and political structure of the many Islamic countries. Awqaf can be used not only to provide immediate necessities to the poor, but also to create or strengthen business support institutions that can lower the cost of doing business for the poor. Awqaf can also be used to support and build infrastructure institutions that can improve corporate governance and reduce the cost of doing business. For example, information bureaus, market regulatory bodies, the provision of accountancy services, and other such shared services for a group or for the entire society can be funded through waqf. Thus, this paper focuses on the application of these concepts and some possible roles that waqf may play in the socio-economic development of the Muslim societies.
WAQF: Definition and Types
Philanthropy and benevolence occupy a central position in the Islamic scheme of poverty alleviation and redistributive justice.
Islamic social finance comprises instruments and institutional structures that are rooted in philanthropy. Their integration with for-profit risk-sharing instruments may provide some key success factors while addressing some critical challenges. The broad instrument of Islamic philanthropy is sadaqat. When made compulsory on well-to-do Muslims, sadaqat is called zakat. When sadaqat results in flows of benefits that are expected to be stable and permanent (such as through endowment of a physical property), it is called sadaqat jariyah or waqf. Contemporary Islamic economists emphasize that a philanthropy-based intervention inherent in the institutions of zakat and sadaqat could potentially take care of the basic needs of the extremely poor and the destitute and create a social safety net.
Awqaf have been used by Muslim philanthropists in the past and at present, in pursuit of religious satisfaction. Although it is a common assertion in the Islamic literature that waqf is a unique Islamic financial institution, there are parallels in other traditions as well. For examples, endowments and trusts in the Western world are like the institution of waqf. Admittedly, such developments in the West took place much later than the use of waqf in Islamic countries, and it is possible that trusts and endowments were an Islamic influence in the Western