Making the income of immovable property a waqf

Question

Question: Is it permissible to make a waqf in such a way that the immovable property itself is not made a waqf, but only its income is made a waqf?

Answer

The essence of waqf is that, while the thing itself is retained and preserved so that no disposal such as sale can be made in it, its income and benefit are spent in the path of Allah: [ar]هُوَ حَبْسُ الْعَيْنِ عَلَى مِلْكِ الْوَاقِفِ وَالتَّصَدُّقُ بِالْمَنْفَعَةِ[/ar] “It is the retention of the thing in the ownership of the waqif and the giving of its benefit in charity”…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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