18 - The reformer says:

"Another example showing the unchangeable strictness of Islam is the institution of awqaf. The rule 'Shart-i waqif is just like nass-i shari',' (The conditions laid down by the waqif, who grants property to a religious foundation, are just like the commands in the Qur'an and the Hadith) is one of the main principles in the fiqh books."

Properties and goods granted to awqaf belong to the waqif when alive. Since all the constitutions on the world recognize that everybody has the right of using his property to his own wish, no one has the right of speaking ill of the necessity that the property granted to a foundation should be used under the conditions he wishes.