IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/arp/tjssrr/2018p294-299.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Administrative Challenges of WAQF Institution in the Contemporary World: Future Prospects

Author

Listed:
  • Hydzulkifli Hashim Omar*

    (Islamic Business School, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia)

  • Abubakar Yusuf Sanyinna

    (Department of Economics, Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria)

Abstract

This paper aims at exploring the administrative challenges of waqf as a prominent mechanism of poverty alleviation and provision of social welfare services. Waqf is generally regarded to be one of the most effective ways of expressing philanthropy for sustaining the welfare of the needy, the poor, the family, and the society. Through this philanthropic institution, wealth is transferred from private ownership to public utility. Personal assets of useful value can be endowed in waqf for the all-round services of the society; religious, social, economic, and educational sectors, under certain conditions and regulations laid down by the Shari??ah. Right from the time of the Holy Prophet, waqf has been benefitting people and defraying public expenses as it served as an effective means of funding mosques, graveyards, orphanages, schools, hospitals, bakeries, warehouses, mills, and numerous humanitarian or religious foundations. Similarly, this institution was successfully financing agriculture, horticulture and water resources during the previous centuries, as it was used to cater for the aged, infirm, destitute, and even animals. However, with the advent of colonialism in the Islamic world and subsequent negative transformation of Islamic culture and tradition, this strategic financial institution eventually started to turn into a shadow of its former glorious status. By adopting the narrative approach of qualitative research method, this study analyses the current administrative problems facing waqf institution in a bid to finding their lasting solutions and resuscitating its humanitarian functions.

Suggested Citation

  • Hydzulkifli Hashim Omar* & Abubakar Yusuf Sanyinna, 2018. "Administrative Challenges of WAQF Institution in the Contemporary World: Future Prospects," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, pages 294-299:6.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:tjssrr:2018:p:294-299
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.arpgweb.com/pdf-files/spi6.41.294.299.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.arpgweb.com/journal/7/special_issue/12-2018/6/4
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Syed Aun R. Rizvi & Obiyathulla I. Bacha & Abbas Mirakhor, 2016. "Islamic Macroeconomic Policies," Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance and Economics, in: Public Finance and Islamic Capital Markets, chapter 0, pages 23-43, Palgrave Macmillan.
    2. Abdallah, Abed Al-Nasser & Hassan, Mostafa Kamal & McClelland, Patrick L., 2015. "Islamic financial institutions, corporate governance, and corporate risk disclosure in Gulf Cooperation Council countries," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 63-82.
    3. Michael C. Jensen, 2010. "Value Maximization, Stakeholder Theory, and the Corporate Objective Function," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 22(1), pages 32-42, January.
    4. Gregory Phelan, 2016. "Financial Intermediation, Leverage, and Macroeconomic Instability," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 8(4), pages 199-224, October.
    5. Tarik AKIN & Abbas MIRAKHOR, 2016. "Efficiency with Rule-Compliance: A Contribution to the Theory of the Firm in Islamic Economics," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 3(3), pages 560-574, September.
    6. Olena Honcharenko, 2017. "Terminology Support of Financial Intermediation Theory: Key Terms Development," Oblik i finansi, Institute of Accounting and Finance, issue 1, pages 132-144, March.
    7. Shirazi, Dr. Nasim Shah & Obaidullah, Dr. Mohammed & Haneef, Mohamed Aslam, 2015. "Integration of Waqf and Islamic Microfinance for Poverty Reduction," Working Papers 1436-5, The Islamic Research and Teaching Institute (IRTI).
    8. Céspedes, Luis Felipe & Chang, Roberto & Velasco, Andrés, 2017. "Financial intermediation, real exchange rates, and unconventional policies in an open economy," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(S1), pages 76-86.
    9. Claudio Borio & Leonardo Gambacorta & Boris Hofmann, 2017. "The influence of monetary policy on bank profitability," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(1), pages 48-63, March.
    10. Khurram Khan & Muhammad Abbas & Asma Gul & Usman Raja, 2015. "Organizational Justice and Job Outcomes: Moderating Role of Islamic Work Ethic," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 126(2), pages 235-246, January.
    11. Rashid, Syed Khalid, 2011. "Certain Legal and Administrative Measures for the Revival and Better Management of Awqaf," Islamic Economic Studies, The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), vol. 19, pages 1-40.
    12. Nurul Fadly Habidin & Mohd Yahya Mohd Hussin & Fidlizan Muhammad & Sharul Effendy Janudin & Nursyazwani Mohd Fuzi, 2017. "Critical Success Factors, Benefit, and Auditing of Waqf Accounting," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(4), pages 1184-1189, April.
    13. Harrison, Jeffrey S. & Wicks, Andrew C., 2013. "Stakeholder Theory, Value, and Firm Performance," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 23(1), pages 97-124, January.
    14. Nafis Alam & Syed Aun R. Rizvi (ed.), 2016. "Islamic Capital Markets," Palgrave CIBFR Studies in Islamic Finance, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-3-319-33991-7, December.
    15. Abdul-Rahman, Aisyah & Abdul Latif, Radziah & Muda, Ruhaini & Abdullah, Muhammad Azmi, 2014. "Failure and potential of profit-loss sharing contracts: A perspective of New Institutional, Economic (NIE) Theory," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 28(C), pages 136-151.
    16. Siti Nuryanah & Sardar M. N. Islam, 2015. "Corporate Governance and Financial Management," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-43561-3.
    17. Shah Shirazi, Nasim, 2014. "Integrating Zakāt and Waqf into the Poverty Reduction Strategy of the IDB Member Countries," Islamic Economic Studies, The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), vol. 22, pages 79-108.
    18. Magda Ismail Abdel Mohsin & Hisham Dafterdar & Murat Cizakca & Syed Othman Alhabshi & Shaikh Hamzah Abdul Razak & Seyed Kazem Sadr & Thamina Anwar & Mohammed Obaidullah, 2016. "Financing the Development of Old Waqf Properties," Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance and Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-58128-0, December.
    19. Samantha Miles, 2017. "Stakeholder Theory Classification: A Theoretical and Empirical Evaluation of Definitions," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 142(3), pages 437-459, May.
    20. Greenbaum, Stuart I. & Thakor, Anjan V. & Boot, Arnoud (ed.), 2015. "Contemporary Financial Intermediation," Elsevier Monographs, Elsevier, edition 3, number 9780124051966.
    21. Syed Aun R. Rizvi & Obiyathulla I. Bacha & Abbas Mirakhor, 2016. "Public Finance and Islamic Capital Markets," Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance and Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-55342-3, December.
    22. Muhammad Umer Chapra, 2014. "Morality and Justice in Islamic Economics and Finance," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 15817.
    23. Magda Ismail Abdel Mohsin & Hisham Dafterdar & Murat Cizakca & Syed Othman Alhabshi & Shaikh Hamzah Abdul Razak & Seyed Kazem Sadr & Thamina Anwar & Mohammed Obaidullah, 2016. "Waqf Development: The Islamic Development Bank Experience," Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance and Economics, in: Financing the Development of Old Waqf Properties, chapter 0, pages 221-236, Palgrave Macmillan.
    24. Ahmad, Ehtisham, 1991. "Social Security and the Poor: Choices for Developing Countries," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 6(1), pages 105-127, January.
    25. Abdus Samad, 2004. "Performance Of Interest-Free Islamic Banks Vis-À-Vis Interest-Based Conventional Banks Of Bahrain," IIUM Journal of Economics and Management, IIUM Journal of Economis and Management, vol. 12(2), December .
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Muhammad Nadeem & Ernest Gyapong & Ammad Ahmed, 2020. "Board gender diversity and environmental, social, and economic value creation: Does family ownership matter?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 1268-1284, March.
    2. Laura Corazza & Simone Domenico Scagnelli & Chiara Mio, 2017. "Simulacra and Sustainability Disclosure: Analysis of the Interpretative Models of Creating Shared Value," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 24(5), pages 414-434, September.
    3. Lee Siew Tee & Ismail Nizam, 2020. "The Influence of Corporate Governance on Financial Performance Mediated by Gender Diversity," Journal of Asian Business Strategy, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 10(1), pages 61-79, January.
    4. Khalil Abbasi Museloo & Noormohammd Toraj, 2017. "Comparison of Risk Management in Non-profit Banks and Financial Institutions versus Other Conventional Banks and Financial Institutions in Iran," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 7(2), pages 325-329.
    5. Elamer, Ahmed A. & Ntim, Collins G. & Abdou, Hussein A. & Pyke, Chris, 2020. "Sharia supervisory boards, governance structures and operational risk disclosures: Evidence from Islamic banks in MENA countries," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 46(C).
    6. Pornanong Budsaratragoon & Boonlert Jitmaneeroj, 2021. "Corporate Sustainability and Stock Value in Asian–Pacific Emerging Markets: Synergies or Tradeoffs among ESG Factors?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-25, June.
    7. Jeffrey S. Harrison & Joyce van der Laan Smith, 2015. "Responsible Accounting for Stakeholders," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(7), pages 935-960, November.
    8. Barbara Sveva Magnanelli & Elisa Raoli & Agnese Sacchi, 2016. "Key Factors for Success of Social Enterprises in Italy: Analysis of Financial and Operating Performance," Review of Economics & Finance, Better Advances Press, Canada, vol. 6, pages 43-60, February.
    9. Carlos Ferro-Soto & Luz Amparo Macías-Quintana & Paula Vázquez-Rodríguez, 2018. "Effect of Stakeholders-Oriented Behavior on the Performance of Sustainable Business," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-27, December.
    10. José Ángel Moreno Izquierdo, 2019. "De la empresa accionarial a la empresa participativa," Revista de Economía Crítica, Asociación de Economía Crítica, vol. 28, pages 55-68.
    11. Silvana Signori & Leire San-Jose & Jose Luis Retolaza & Gianfranco Rusconi, 2021. "Stakeholder Value Creation: Comparing ESG and Value Added in European Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-16, January.
    12. Dang, Quyen Thao & Jasovska, Pavlina & Rammal, Hussain Gulzar, 2020. "International business-government relations: The risk management strategies of MNEs in emerging economies," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 55(1).
    13. Rihab Grassa & Nejia Moumen & M. Kabir Hassan & Khaled Hussainey, 2022. "Market discipline and capital buffers in Islamic and conventional banks in the MENA region," Eurasian Economic Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 12(1), pages 139-167, March.
    14. Korneta Piotr, 2020. "Stakeholders and Performance Management Systems of Small and Medium-Sized Outpatient Clinics," Foundations of Management, Sciendo, vol. 12(1), pages 211-222, January.
    15. Ahmed A. Elamer & Collins G. Ntim & Hussein A. Abdou & Andrews Owusu & Mohamed Elmagrhi & Awad Elsayed Awad Ibrahim, 2021. "Are bank risk disclosures informative? Evidence from debt markets," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(1), pages 1270-1298, January.
    16. Moumen, Néjia & Ben Othman, Hakim & Hussainey, Khaled, 2016. "Board structure and the informativeness of risk disclosure: Evidence from MENA emerging markets," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 82-97.
    17. Matteo Cotugno & Valeria Stefanelli, 2023. "Management customer complaints and performance: banks, be careful!," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 27(1), pages 371-412, March.
    18. Camélia Radu & Samaneh Maram, 2021. "The value relevance of reported carbon emissions," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 25(2), pages 347-377, June.
    19. Muhammad Wahyuddin Abdullah & Rika Musriani & Alim Syariati & Hadriana Hanafie, 2020. "Carbon Emission Disclosure in Indonesian Firms: The Test of Media-exposure Moderating Effects," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 10(6), pages 732-741.
    20. Sergiy D. Dmytriyev & R. Edward Freeman & Jacob Hörisch, 2021. "The Relationship between Stakeholder Theory and Corporate Social Responsibility: Differences, Similarities, and Implications for Social Issues in Management," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(6), pages 1441-1470, September.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:arp:tjssrr:2018:p:294-299. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Managing Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://arpgweb.com/?ic=journal&journal=7&info=aims .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.