Since the "human being" is the core of the leadership concern which is always based on the construction of the state and the community and in seek to enhance and develop its capabilities, the United Arab Emirates extends all efforts persistently for the aim of realizing the requirements of stability, development and care to cover and include all community sectors and constituents, which in turn would minimize the severity of challenges, perils, and difficulties during the stages of human being promotion and development since childhood. This methodology, however, in our dear country complies with the original values prevail in our community which in turn reflected the true vision of the sublime leadership in extending hands of help to all country citizens.
From this idea, the decree of establishing the "Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation" in Dubai in the year 2004 during the reign of Late HH Shaikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, and hence with the expansion of the Foundation affairs, HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai issued the Law No. 9 of the year 2007 in regards of organizing the affairs of the Foundation, represented in our own vision: "Qualified Minor and Growing Endowment". Our mission is: "Through a contemporary Islamic Perspective, we work on developing the endowment, caring, qualifying and empowering every minor".
The Foundation, however, aims through its work done on embodying the minors, caring of their funds, investing them well and in caring of them socially, as well as their qualification and empowerment so as to help effectively in developing the endowment through a contemporary Islamic Perspective, by and through urging and encouraging those doers of charity, on reviving and enriching this very positive alms, with the intensive eye on enhancing the concept of social solidarity which in turn will ensure relatedness amongst all community individuals, create the mercy and likeness amongst them. And, here appears the role of endowment which is actually considered a long-term charitable investment that extends to consecutive generations, and will develop the human resources as well as the financial resources, and will also merge all financial and economic powers in the community through endowment attraction processes. We do praise to Almighty, Allah, that this work will be in favor of your good deeds and may Allah bless you for the good of the nation.
Tayeb Abdulrahman AlRais
Awqaf & Minors Affairs Foundation Secretary General
The Awqaf & Minors Affairs Foundation will be dedicated to the legal supervision over the Awqaf, its care & investment as well as it will be responsible for managing & spending its funds & revenues within the limits of the conditions of the donator to achieve the Sharia purposes. It also takes, within the limits of this law, pursuant to provisions of Islamic Sharia, the procedures necessary to protect the funds of the Minors, disqualified, lost persons and to care for their affairs.
The guardianship of the Foundation shall be ceased once the Minors attains 21 full calendar years old, with legal capacity otherwise the court ordered the guardianship shall continue upon the request of the Foundation or the concerned bodies as well as the guardianship shall be terminated upon the death of the Minors or upon the return of the legal guardianship of the father. The guardianship of the Foundation shall be terminated for the interdicted persons by lifting the interdiction by virtue of an order from the competent court. The foundation should delver the funds to the concerned persons within a period not later than three months of the date of request for delivering the funds under a delivery minute, signed by the General Secretary and the concerned persons.