Short Essay on Wakf Laws – The Wakf relates to rights of Muslims and such matters are administered by the Wakf Board constituted under the new Wakf Act of 1995.
The Wakf Law prescribes Wakf Boards for States selected from the Muslim members of Parliament, Muslim members of State legislatures and Muslim Members of Bar Council in a State along with the nominated members of the Muslim Organizations.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
The Wakf Law provides for the better administration of wakf under the guidance of the provisions of the Act. The wakf is the permanent dedication by a person professing Islam, of any movable or immovable property for any purpose recognised by the Muslim Law as pious, religious or charitable and includes a wakf – by use, but such wakf shall not cease to be a wakf by reason only of the user having ceased irrespective of the period of such censure.
The Wakf also includes grants, including mashrut-ul kidmat for any purpose recognised by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable. The Wakf law also provides for the Wakf Fund for the financial administration of Wakf Board.
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