• (n.) The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one`s family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the pr...
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Wakf (wŭkf)
noun [ Arabic
waqf .]
(Moham. Law) The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit s...
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