The institution of waqf played a major role in early Islamic civilization. It involves every aspect of socio-economic life in the Muslim world. Because there is no clear legal reference to the waqf in the Qur'an, early Muslim jurists relied on the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) and the actions of his companions to derive its laws. Being a deduced law, this allows a certain measure of flexibility in deriving its law from the different schools of law, to suit the different needs arising within the different Muslim societies. However, the last century witnessed its destruction for many social and...