Islamic Endowments and their role in reducing the effects of disasters (The flood in the city of Derna is an example)

Abstract

The endowment was legislated in Islam for a noble rule and lofty goals. It went through stages in which it was used to meet needs in various aspects of life, followed by stagnation and decline. It no longer kept pace with the renewal of people's needs and requirements, and became limited to innovative concepts that interconnected to endowment's concept, researchers made effort to restore its pioneering role, given that most of the endowment rulings are diligence, jurists have formulated several approaches and methods through which the endowment can be used as a source of funding when disasters and crises occur. This formula, if applied properly, is optional to stop the state of stagnation, so that it can be directed towards areas of need in society, and reduce the limited burden on the general budget of the state.