Waqf (Islam)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Waqf (Islam).

Literally, Arabic for hold, confinement or prohibition; in Islamic jurisprudence, holding certain property and preserving it for the confined benefit of certain desirable goals and forbidding others; often in the name of Islamic philanthropic organizations and sometimes to express Palestinian rights to land