THE CONTRIBUTION AND POTENTIALITY OF WAQF IN ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, are an increasingly common subject of discussion in developing countries. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are currently being implemented in Malaysia and other nations' policies and development with the objective, of which the world hopes to accomplish by 2030, was also put forth by the United Nations (UN). Thus, the aim of this research is to examine the role and potential of waqf in supporting Malaysia towards sustainable development. This study employs library research for data collection, thus constituting qualitative in nature. Materials include books, journals, papers, and newspapers which include scientific research. Furthermore, the researcher acquired information directly from official websites that have been recognised in academic research. Subsequently, the documents were further analyse in order to determine waqf's potential and contribution to the achievement of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The results of the study found that waqf also contributes and are potentially adhere to achieve some of the seventeen goals contained in the SDGs as further discussing in the findings of this study.