THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WAQF IN HISTORICAL AND TEORITICAL STUDIES

Abstract

ABSTRACT Rasulullah obligated waqf not only for places of worship such as mosques, but also productive facilities such as garden, wells and other. The aim is to drain the benefits of productive facilities for people who are less fortunate. Practically, waqf prove to be well understood by Western scientists. However, the implementation of waqf nowadays less than the maximum because the Muslim community’s understanding of waqf and the governments attention are still lack of attention, also the lifestyle of the Muslim community which is too glamour. To revive waqf, it takes an understanding to the significance of waqf. The used in this paper is to study literature by examining the books, journals or papers to be understood, as the issue has been formulated. The result of this research is waqf contribute significantly to the welfare of the people. Moreover, waqf that caters to the public eternally. In history, waqf significantly have proven in helping the state for equipping the public facilities without imposition of the state estimate. Hopefully, waqf will be one of the good solutions for economy