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Hon'ble CM of Bihar		 cm
Hon'ble Minister of M.W.D.		 minister
Chairman of B.S.S.W.B		 chairman
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GENERAL INFORMATION : One of the functions of the Board is to get the Waqf properties/Institutions registered in the Board. In pursuance of this statutory obligation the board has got 227 Waqf estates/Institution including Mosque, Karbala, Imambara, Qabristan & Dargah etc. registered with it up to March 2010. The process of registration is going on through there are still several thousand such Waqf properties/Institutions which are yet to be dicovered and registered with the Board.

ADMINISTRATION : The head office of the Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board is located 2nd floor, Haz Bhavan 34, ali Imam Path, Harding Road, Patna - 800001 is mainly responsible for the supervision of Administration of Waqf/Institution and its attached property spread over the entire state. The Chief executive Officer of the Board shall be appointed on deputation who shall be an officer of the Indian Administrative service or a member of the Bihar Administrative service not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary belonging to the Muslim Minorities having knowledge of urdu language as per Waqf rule 34 of 2002 readwith section 23 of the Waqf Act 1995.
Meaning of Waqf
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The word "Waqf" has its origin in the Arabic word "Waqufa" meaning thereby to detain or to hold or tie up. It is said that once second Khalifa Omar acquired a piece of land in Khaibar and asked the prophet Mohammed as how best to to make the most pious use of it. The prophet said "Tie up the property and devote the usufruct to the welfare of human beings, and it is not to be sold or made the subject of gift or inheritance , devote its produce to your children , your kindred and the poor and in the way of Allah".

The Waqf Act 1995 defines the WAQF as the permanent dedication by a person professing Islam, of movable or immovable property for any purpose recognized by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable Waqf" means the permanent dedication by a person professing Islam, of any movable or immovable property for any purpose recognized by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable and includes :
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