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wakf


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wakf  \Wakf\  (w[u^]kf),  n.  [Ar.  waqf.]  (Moham.  Law) 
  The  granting  or  dedication  of  property  in  trust  for  a  pious 
  purpose,  that  is  to  some  object  that  tends  to  the  good  of 
  mankind,  as  to  support  a  mosque  or  caravansary,  to  provide 
  for  support  of  one's  family,  kin,  or  neighbors,  to  benefit 
  some  particular  person  or  persons  and  afterward  the  poor, 
  etc.;  also  the  trust  so  created,  or  the  property  in  trust.