Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid today spoke at the Hamdard Auditorium at Rupayan Tower in the city. Photo : PID

DHAKA, July 26, 2025 (BSS) - Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid today said all the waqf estates would be brought under digitization to ensure their proper and smooth management.

"We have taken up some measures for the smooth management of the waqf estates," he said while addressing a view exchange and general meeting of the Motawalli Samity, Bangladesh, at the Hamdard Auditorium at Rupayan Tower in the city as chief guest.

A separate bench in the High Court has already been constituted for hearing of the waqf related cases only, he added.

Dr Khalid said that waqf is a part and parcel of Islamic culture and it has been continuing since the period of Rasul (SM) for people's welfare and services to the mankind.

The motive of the founders of the waqf was very honest and they made their valuable properties as waqf only for the satisfaction of Allah, people's service and welfare and eternal relief, the Religious Affairs adviser said. 

He urged all the Motawallies to remain alert as the noble initiatives of the waqifs are not hampered.

All activities of the waqf administration should be run in light with the laws and rules, Dr Khalid said, adding that the Motawallies are not the owners of the waqf estates, they are only its mangers.

He said none would be appointed as Motawalli beyond its deeds and urged all Motawallies to be corrected.

Chaired by the president of Motawalli Samity Dr Hakim Md Yusuf Harun Bhuiyan, its secretary general Principal Dr Md Alamgir Kabir Patwari presented a proposal for mitigating the problems of the estates. 

The adviser gave a patient hearing on the 14-point proposal of the Samity and assured of its implementation as per logic. 

Among others, Director-Information and Mass Communication of the Waqf Estate Amirul Momenin Manik, addressed the meeting where the leaders and workers of Motawalli Samity were present.