WAQF

Muhammad favored waqf, i.e., the dedication of the corpus of a property to Allah.  �Umar told Muhammad: �I have acquired land in Khaibar [the land of the defeated Jews, which had now been conferred on the Companions]. I have never acquired property more valuable for me than this, so what do you command me to do with it? Thereupon, Allah�s Apostle said: If you like, you may keep the corpus intact and give its produce as sadaqa. . . . �Umar devoted it to the poor, to the nearest kin, and to the emancipation of slaves, and in the way of Allah and guests� (4006).

author : ram swarup