1000’s of Amazing Waqfs Over the Centuries
The following are examples of waqf/endowments made over the centuries. Note the variety and needs of the time.
- Fully fitted and staffed hospitals for the poor
- Starter-pack apartment buildings for newly weds
- Utencils and trousseau for disadvantaged brides
- Public water fountains
- Caftans and outer garments for the old
- Replacement of broken plates to save maids from
- censure from madams
- Provision of grass for the mule ridden by the Shaykh of Al Azhar
- Havens for old horses and sick animals
- Food for animals during winter months
- Public musafir/travellers lodges, roads, and bridges
- Salaries of imams, ulama, ustaadh/a, muezzins, qaris
- Schools, research institutions, orphanages
- Stipends and support for students
- Skills, craft training, and job creation guilds
- Orchards and food gardens
- Flea markets…