Editing Waqf (section)

==== Property ====

The property (called {{transliteration|ar|al-mawqūf}} or {{transliteration|ar|al-muḥabbas}}) used to found a {{transliteration|ar|waqf}} must be objects of a valid contract. The objects should not themselves be [[haram]] (e.g. [[khamr|wine]] or [[Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork|pork]]). These objects should not already be in the public domain: public property cannot be used to establish a waqf. The founder cannot also have pledged the property previously to someone else. These conditions are generally true for contracts in Islam.<ref name = EI/>

The property dedicated to {{transliteration|ar|waqf}} is generally immovable, such as an estate. All movable goods can also form {{transliteration|ar|waqf}}, according to most Islamic jurists. The Hanafis, however, also allow most movable goods to be dedicated to a {{transliteration|ar|waqf}} with some restrictions. Some jurists have argued that even gold and silver (or other currency) can be designated as {{transliteration|ar|waqf}}.<ref name = EI/>

Documents listing endowments (waqfiyyas) often include the name of the endower, the listed property or fiscal unit, the endowed fraction (in 24-[[Carat (mass)|qarats]]), and a description of its [[Boundary marker|boundary]]. The boundary descriptions start in [[Qibla|Islamic direction of prayer]] and go [[counterclockwise]] by listing different [[landscape]] elements. Endowment deeds most often include the conditions of the endowment and its administration.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2023 |title=Early-Ottoman Palestinian Toponymy: A Linguistic Analysis of the (Micro-)Toponyms in Haseki Sultan's Endowment Deed (1552) |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0cs6f5k5 |journal=Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins |language=en |volume=139 |issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2023-10-01 |title=Mamluk and Ottoman Endowment Deeds as a Source for Geographical-Historical Research: The Waqfiyya of Haseki Sultan (1552 CE) |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg1x015 |journal=Horizons in Geography |language=en |volume=103-104}}</ref>