STANDARD WAQFIYYAH
All Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. Salaat and Salaam to the Noble Prophet Muhammad. (S).
Enjoin what is right and just and forbid what is wrong, evil and unjust.
And loan to Allah a beautiful loan. (Qur’an)
When a person dies all good actions come to an end except three (a) continuous charity, (b) beneficial knowledge, and (c) pious children who pray for the deceased. (Hadith)
Niyah
I the undersigned, being cognisant of the concerns of Muslims in South Africa, my duty to Allah, to the Muslim ummah, and to humanity, and having realised the need revive the institution of waqf and thereby to empower Muslim communities, the poor, and the historically disadvantaged, do hereby declare and make my niyah to establish a waqf by this waqfiyyah solely for the pleasure of Allah. and make this waqf in terms of the rules of Islamic shariah.
TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE ABOVE NIYAH:
1) As waqif/a I hereby dedicate the amount/s asset/s donated by me (the “waqf capital”) to the National Awqaf Foundation of South Africa (hereinafter referred to as ‘AWQAF SA’), as an irrevocable waqf lillah :
2) The waqf capital shall be kept in trust and be invested and administered by AWQAF SA or its duly authorised agents or nominees in terms of its rules and regulations:
3) Payment of the waqf shall be effected by debit order, stop order, or by lump sums – by cheque or cash or by donation deed.
4) The waqf capital shall be allocated to Designated Fund/s as advised or to the Discretionary Waqf and the revenue accruing from the waqf so invested shall be allocated in terms of AWQAF SA’S rules governing designated and discretionary expenditure.
5) Unless there is no longer use for the revenue for the aforementioned designated purpose, the said portion/s shall be applied in terms of AWQAF SA’S rules governing discretionary expenditure.
6) I hereby authorise the Council of Mutawallees to pay a maximum of 12,5% of waqf revenue as administration costs.
7) The waqf capital sum shall not be expended for any consumption or revenue expenditure but shall be invested for the benefit of the beneficiaries as stated in clauses 4) and 5) above .
9) The Council of Mutawallees is hereby authorised to maintain, upgrade, or dispose of the waqf property provided that the corpus of the waqf remains intact.
10) I hereby appoint the Council of Mutawallees to be my ‘waqf Mutawallee’. My waqf Mutawallee shall appoint another in succession. The waqf Mutawallee will be accorded rights and duties in terms of the AWQAF SA TRUST and shall comply with all requirements as stipulated by the Council of Mutawallees of the AWQAF SA TRUST.
11) I hereby undertake to do all things necessary to give effect to this waqfiyyah. I also undertake to inform AWQAF SA of any changes in my personal contact details.
12) May Allah accept my waqflillah and may He grant success and baraka in the administration and fulfilment of my wishes as stated in this waqfiyyah.
14) Thawaab for this waqf is dedicated to persons according to my intention.