I-Waqf iyisenzo sokupha esenziwa kabanzi kwi-Islam, ehlelwa yizinqumo zomthetho, futhi ibhekisela ekunikezelweni kwempahla ngendlela yokuthi ubunikazi bayo noma ukulahlwa kwayo kuphucwe, kanye nezinzuzo zayo ezinikezwa abampofu ngenxa ka-Allah. I-Waqf inokubaluleka okukhulu phakathi kwamaMuslim njengoba ihlanganisa ukubambisana ekulungeni, iqinisa ubumbano emphakathini, yenza kube lula izimo zokuphila zamaqembu ampofu, futhi isiza abaswele.
