Manara Cash Waqf Pilot

A permanent waqf, administered by IBF Education and Charitable Trust in India.

Reference Manara Cash Waqf Pilot. As it stands on 18 September 2026.

What was given: As the waqif describes it below.Form of waqf: Perpetual cash waqf, charitable
What it is for: school fees for children at Manara Academy from families below the poverty line
Who benefits: children at Manara Academy from families below the poverty line
How long: Permanent.
Stage: Signed, waiting to take effect

In the waqif’s own words

I, the waqif, dedicate as waqf, for the sake of Allah, the sum of one lakh rupees, for ever, as the founding capital of the Manara Cash Waqf. Its capital is to be kept and invested in ways Shariah permits. Of what it earns, four parts in five are to pay the school fees of children at Manara Academy from families below the poverty line, and one part in five is to be added to its capital. If Manara Academy closes or has no such children, what it earns is to serve the education of children from poor families in Odisha. Whoever gives to it after me joins it as a waqif, on these same conditions.

How it was made

Referred to IBF Education and Charitable Trust Shariah board	17 September 2026
Permitted by the Shariah board	17 September 2026
Deed signed by the waqif	18 September 2026
Property handed over	Not yet
Constituted as a waqf	Not yet

Signed documents

The deed as the waqif signed it on Waqf.Finance

Signed 18 September 2026.

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Who looks after it

Nāẓir: IBF Education and Charitable TrustAdministers the waqf and answers for it.
Shariah board: IBF Education and Charitable Trust Shariah boardScholars seated: 1
Governance Council: IBF Education and Charitable Trust Governance CouncilSeats filled: chair and independent member
Governance level: Simple

Independent checks

At the Simple level it needs a Shariah check every 24 months. The other checks are optional at this level, and are shown when given.

Check	Where it stands
Shariah checkA scholar confirms the waqf is run as Shariah and its ruling require.	DueWithin twelve months of the waqf being constituted.
Governance checkSomeone outside its council confirms the nāẓir follows the deed and the rules.	Not required at this level
Financial checkAn independent reviewer confirms the property is kept safe and the accounts add up.	Not required at this level
Impact checkSomeone independent confirms the benefit reaches the people it is for.	Not required at this level

Confirmations

Deed complete	Yes
Property confirmed as held	Not yet No property given to this waqf has been confirmed yet. Why not yet No open account holds this waqf’s property. Whether the administrator cannot absorb the property has not yet been assessed. Whether separate awqaf can be told apart has not yet been assessed. Whether the deed can be enforced has not yet been assessed. Whether the property is kept apart has not yet been assessed. Whether the holder recognises the arrangement has not yet been assessed. Whether the Operator’s creditors cannot reach the property has not yet been assessed. Whether the arrangement survives a change of administrator has not yet been assessed.
Holder’s confirmation	None yetNobody has yet confirmed that the property is held.

Related parties

Waqf.Finance, the platform on which this record is kept, is owned by IBF Net Group.

Both waqfs that IBF Education and Charitable Trust administers as nāẓir were given by the same person, referred to here as the waqif: the use of the Manara Academy premises at Aul, and the copyright in the courses of Islamic.University.

The waqif founded IBF Net Group and is a trustee of the Trust. The Trust’s two other trustees are each connected with the waqif or with IBF Net Group, and one of them chairs the Trust’s Governance Council.

Islamic.University, which the waqif operates, uses the endowed courses under a licence from the Trust. The licence is free of charge and keeps the courses free to learners.

No fee, salary or other payment is made from the property of these waqfs or from their income, whether to the Trust, its trustees, IBF Net Group, Islamic.University or the waqif.

The Trust’s Shariah scholar and the independent member of its Governance Council have each declared that, apart from the role they hold, they have no connection with the Trust. A council member with an interest in a matter declares it before the vote, and does not vote where the interest is material.

Each line above stands on its own. There is no overall rating, because no single mark could honestly cover them all.