International Journal of Nusantara Islam
Vol 6, No 1 (2018): International Journal of Nusantara Islam

The Problem of Perpetuity in Cash Waqf

Yusep Rafiqi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Jan 2019

Abstract

In Indonesia, cash waqf began to emerge in recent years in line with the passage of the act of the Republic of Indonesia no. 41 Year 2004 About Waqf. But, in the act, money that can be donated as waqf property is almost certainly based on its nominal value rather than the real value. This article discusses how nominal or real value is contained in the currency when it is used as a waqf. The research approaches in this paper is qualitative description method through content analysis. This research analyzing the contents of various complexities between the opinion of fuqaha about cash waqf and its relevance to the act and economic empowerment of the ummah. By considering real value contained in the currency, cash waqf can only be executed with gold and silver criteria, not paper money criteria due to fluctuations in value. Thus, it is necessary to establish standardization of real value to gold and silver in the cash waqf.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijni

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Social Sciences

Description

International Journal of Nusantara Islam is a multi-disciplinary publication, dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and focused on Islamic studies, receives articles from researchers who have new and progressive issues on scholarly study of all aspects of Islam related to its ...