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    Maximizing Social Impact Through Waqf Solutions
    Maximizing Social Impact Through Waqf Solutions
    Maximizing Social Impact Through Waqf Solutions
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    Maximizing Social Impact Through Waqf Solutions

    By Hussein Elasrag

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    Waqf, as an important Islamic institution that underlies economic development, has been effectively utilized since the early Madinah period to inspire economic growth and expansion. The benefits it provided encompassed economic, commerce, education, health, social and spiritual dimensions.This book focuses on the application of these concepts and some possible roles that waqf may play in the socio-economic development of the Muslim societies
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHussein Elasrag
    Release dateMar 6, 2022
    ISBN9782634732526
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      Maximizing Social Impact Through Waqf Solutions - Hussein Elasrag

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      Islamic social finance tools have been instrumental in the alleviation of poverty and socio-economic development for centuries. It was time that formal Islamic finance goes back to its core ideals, extending its impact over the entire landscape of economic development. The recent global drive towards a more equitable existence is acting as catalyst for the resurgence of formal Islamic social finance such as waqf. It is hoped that this could significantly contributes towards unified approach to global equality and achieve a ‘better world’. There are novel approaches to more effective management and development of waqf institutions and the endowed assets. The general concept of waqf should be familiar to us as a predecessor of modern trusts and endowments. The waqf institutions can play important role for promoting global efforts to achieve our twin development goals i.e. ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in every country in a sustainable way.

      Although some have argued that the practice of waqf may have existed well before the advent of the Islamic religion, Islam was in fact the first religion to develop a comprehensive legal framework that promotes, guides and fosters the development of the institution of endowments and charitable trusts. A donor endows a waqf with an asset and, in doing so, makes an irrevocable transfer of that asset, while also stipulating the intended charitable use of the funds it generates.

      Waqf, as an important Islamic institution that underlies economic development, has been effectively utilized since the early Madinah period to inspire economic growth and expansion. The benefits it provided encompassed economic, commerce, education, health, social and spiritual dimensions.

      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. 

      The latest statistics in United Nation’s Global Issues report show that almost half the world’s population or over 3 billion people live on less than US$2.50 a day; 640 million live without adequate shelter; 925 million people suffer from hunger; 400 million have no access to safe water; 270 million have no access to health services; 10.6 million died before they reached the age of 5 and 1 billion are illiterate. Therefore, the urgency in implementing funding instruments such as waqf that are aligned to the belief system of contributors and needy communities alike, has not been more pronounced than now.¹

      As one of the social finance tools, waqf has been instrumental in the alleviation of poverty and socio-economic development for over 1,400 years. It has been adopted and applied even outside the Islamic world. –Its contribution to social development has been exemplary. For example, Waqf (endowment) has been utilized at the establishment of the Oxford University’s Merton College in 1264. Throughout Islamic history, waqf was the main provider for many of the social services that today are financed by the state, including for education, healthcare, infrastructure development and maintenance as well as social welfare provisions for the poor and destitute. Waqf institutions have also supported a more equitable distribution of income and wealth as wealthy individuals and families released property into the

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