The waqif himself benefiting from the endowed property

Question

Question: If, at the time of writing the waqf deed, the waqif stipulated that for the rest of his life he himself would personally benefit from the endowed agricultural and residential lands and have them at his own disposal, is it permissible or not to make this stipulation and to benefit from the endowed property although he is rich? And is this permissible or not, and is it a waqf or not, and is it valid or not? 2.

Answer

1. It is permissible: [ar]فِي الذَّخِيرَةِ: إِذَا وَقَفَ أَرْضًا أَوْ شَيْئًا آخَرَ، وَشَرَطَ الْكُلَّ لِنَفْسِهِ، أَوْ شَرَطَ الْبَعْضَ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا دَامَ حَيًّا وَبَعْدَهُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَقَالَ أَبُو يُوسُفَ: الْوَقْفُ صَحِيحٌ، وَمَشَايِخُ بَلْخٍ أَخَذُوا بِقَوْلِ أَبِي يُوسُفَ، وَعَلَيْهِ الْفَتْوَى اهـ[/ar] “In al-Dhakhira: If he endowed land or something else and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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