The growth of waqf properties through infrastructure development according to al-hadith

• Main Authors: Yaakob, Mohd Ashrof Zaki, Suliaman, Ishak, Khalid, Mohammad Mahyuddin
• Format: Article
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22770/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2025%20(S)%20Feb.%202017/22%20JSSH(S)-0361-2016-4thProof.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Waqf is an Islamic institution to serve as a catalyst for Muslim economic development. The existence of this socio-economic institution started with Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and it became the root of success for the Islamic social security system. The expansion of waqf properties through investment or istithmar is e one of the possible ways to utilise waqf. It was found that 75% of the hadith related to waqf in al-Kutub al-Sittah debated on waqf infrastructure. This shows the importance of infrastructure development in the expansion of waqf properties.