Waqf land is among the most extensive yet historically underused categories of endowed Islamic assets in Indonesia, commonly devoted to devotional rather than productive purposes. This qualitative case study examines the productive management of waqf land by a village-level waqf body in Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province, analysed through three Sustainable Development Goals: no poverty, quality education, and good health and well-being. Using a phenomenological approach with data from observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation, the study finds that a shift from single-commodity rubber cultivation to a diversified agribusiness model incorporating oil palm and areca nut generated a modest, recurring income directed toward employment, educational subsidies, and religious infrastructure, while health-related provision remains largely undeveloped. Productive waqf management thus contributes unevenly, but genuinely, to community welfare, and small-scale nazir bodies require staged support to advance multiple development goals simultaneously.
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