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WAQF UNIT TRUST AS AN ALTERNATE MODEL TO REALIZE WAQF SUSTAINABILITY

European Journal of Islamic Finance

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Title WAQF UNIT TRUST AS AN ALTERNATE MODEL TO REALIZE WAQF SUSTAINABILITY
 
Creator Khaliq, Ahmad
Hussin, Nazimah
Haji Mohammad, Mohammad Tahir Sabit
 
Subject Cash Waqf; Socio-Economic; Unit Trust; Waqf Management; Malaysia
 
Description With poverty and unemployment is still the paramount concern across the globe, a study on Waqf and capital market integrations is certainly a timely call for sustainable socio-economic development. The aim of this paper is to revisit the literature on the issue of illiquidity of Waqf assets and eradicate the dependency on government provision. To ensure the sustainability of Waqf institutions, financing apparatus primarily designed for Waqf assets are explored. The study proposes a viable integration of Waqf and capital market apparatus of Unit Trust investments based on the Shariah-compliant standards ratified by the Security Commission of Malaysia (SCM) guidelines. The study opts for thematic analysis method of the existing literature on Waqf financing. The finding indicates that there is a need for a novel apparatus such Waqf unit trust instrument through cash Waqf and share Waqf to realizes greater Waqf funds accumulation, investment, and distribution. It is highly advocated that the income of investment be optimally utilized for socio-economic projects. This study realizes as one of the pioneer endeavours to pool Waqf fund via unit trust model as its sources and exhibit management undertakings of the model.
 
Publisher European Journal of Islamic Finance
European Journal of Islamic Finance
 
Contributor International Islamic University Malaysia
AHIBS, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
 
Date 2019-08-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/EJIF/article/view/3623
10.13135/2421-2172/3623
http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/EJIF/article/download/3623/pdf
 
Source European Journal of Islamic Finance; No 13 (2019): EJIF - European Journal of Islamic Finance, 13, 2019
European Journal of Islamic Finance; No 13 (2019): EJIF - European Journal of Islamic Finance, 13, 2019
2421-2172
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/EJIF/article/view/3623/pdf
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Ahmad Khaliq, Nazimah Hussin, Mohammad Tahir Sabit Haji Mohammad
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