Category: Endowment
Mosque - مَسْجِدٌ
A place allocated for establishing prayer on a permanent basis.
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Endowment funds - أَحْباسٌ
"Ahbās" (sing. hibs): anything used to stop the flow of water, such as a stone or the like. Original meaning: stopping.
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Administrator - نَاظِرٌ
"Nāzhir": It is derived from "nazhar", which means: thinking, contemplating. It originally meant inspecting something with the eye and came to be used to refer to considering something and thinking about it.
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Transfer of ownership - تَمْليكٌ
"Tamlīk": transferring the ownership of something to someone else. Other meanings: to give in marriage.
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Cemetery - مَقبَرَةٌ
"Maqbarah" (graveyard): It is derived from "qabr", which means: grave, the hole in the ground wherein the deceased person is placed. Any place where the body of a deceased person is kept hidden is called "qabr", even the sea. "Qabr" also means the act of burying the deceased in the earth. Original meaning of "qabr": obscurity, invisibility. It was called thus because it conceals the body of the deceased person.
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Clan - عَشِيرَةٌ
"‘Ashīrah": one’s closest relatives. Other meanings: a group of one's relatives. It is derived from "mu‘āsharah", which means: mixing, merging, socializing.
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Man’s offspring - العِتْرَةُ
"‘Itrah": a man’s children and offspring, also his clan and relatives, the close and the distant thereof. It is derived from "‘atr", which means: branching out or intensifying. "‘Itr": origin, ancestry. Relatives are called "‘itrah" because their lineages are branched out or because one cares for them intensely.
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Kinship - قَرابَةٌ
Blood relationship that connects man with others.
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Dedicating something for Allah's cause. - تَسبِيلٌ
Permitting the benefits of some property on a permanent basis, and dedicating its asset to a charitable purpose with the aim of drawing close to Allah.
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Grandson - سِبْطٌ
One's grandson from his son or his daughter down to all levels.
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Tribe - قَبِيلَةٌ
A group of people belonging to the same lineage that is traced to the same ancestor.
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Trustee/Caretaker - قَيِّمٌ
Someone who acts on behalf of a legally interdicted person for the purpose of maintaining the latter's wealth, without having the right to dispose freely of that wealth.
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Armor - دِرْعٌ
What a warrior wears to protect his body from the enemy’s weapons.
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Wells - آبار
A deep hole in the ground from which water, oil, or the like is extracted.
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Debris/Ruins - أَنْقاضٌ
Debris of a destroyed building.
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Extinction - انْقِراضٌ
Death of the beneficiaries of an endowment.
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Restoration - تَرْمِيمٌ
Repairing what has fallen into disrepair.
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Allocation - إرْصادٌ
Allocating of a share of money by the ruler from the Muslim Treasury to some of those who deserve it.
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Granting benefits of immovable property - إرْفاقٌ
Granting the benefits of an immovable property (to someone).
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Wall - حائِطٌ
A wall built upon the ground.
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Idleness/Unemployment - بَطالَةٌ
Idleness, unemployment, and abstaining from striving to work.
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Replacement - تَبْدِيلٌ
Selling a "waqf" (Islamic endowment) whose income or yield has decreased or ceased and then buy what yields better income and make it an endowment.
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Lineage tracer - قَائِفٌ
A person who can know the lineage of a person based on resemblance and examination of the parts of the body.
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Grandson - حَفِيدٌ
The son of one's son or daughter.
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Conferring - إعطاء
To give something to someone by way of transferring its ownership to the recipient.
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Restriction-free ownership - طَلْقُ
Something that is free of restrictions and its owner can dispose of it freely.
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