--- title: "Who is a Mutawalli?" description: "Who is a Mutawalli?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-12-06 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94257/who-is-a-mutawalli category: "law & legal issues" tags: ["laws", "laws and legal issues"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who is a Mutawalli? Who is a Mutawalli? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Sanjay Goenka **Mutawalli is a person who manages all the managing work related to the property of the wakf.** In Muslim law, the word ‘Mutawalli’ has been defined as **the person who takes care of all the property-related work and in other ways**, we can say that this is the legal person who has the right to control and manage the Property of the **wakf Board.** \ ![Who is a Mutawalli?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/72c922f2-92fb-43be-b9d0-299a6baa626a/images/4cd18199-f19d-46aa-b6c1-a83bdadd8e7b.jpeg)\ \ **Wakf** The **wakf Act 1954,** defines the term **‘Wakf**’ as the person or any group who has the permanent Dedication towards [Islam](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48597/when-was-the-unbelievable-delhi-to-islamabad-written) and it contributes some part of any movable or immovable property for the purpose of religious and pious work. \ **Mutawalli under Wakf** We all know that the Muslim Law is divided into two parts one is the Shia and the other is the Sunni. So in **Shia law**, the appointment of the **Mutawalli** is very compulsory whereas, in **Sunni law**, the **appointment of the Mutawalli is not compulsory.** Under the definition of the Wakf, we can say that a **Mutawalli is a person who manages the work of the wakf**, in Muslim law, the **Mutawalli doesn’t have any Right in the property of the wakf**. It means the **property is not vested in the Mutawalli**. In a basic way, we can understand that the property does not belong to that person but instead of it he only manages the property. And we should not be in a state of confusion that Mutawalli is a trustee of the property. He is just a manager of that property. \ **Who can be a Mutawali under Muslim law** **Any person**, who is a **sound mind** and is **capable of doing the work** of managing, and **should attain the age of majority**. Here we should note that a **minor can also be a Mutawalli** but only in the case of the patent Right or the Succession right. In Muslim law, a **[Muslim woman](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94230/who-was-the-person-to-speak-against-the-muslim-woman-protection-of-rights-on-divorce-bill-in-the-lok-sabha-but-voted-for-it) can also be a Muttawli** but if in case of ritual performance where it is important to be a man for that ritual then in that place no woman has the right to be as a Muttawalli. Read more [what is 'Dower' in Muslim law?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94233/dower-mahr-is-a-well-known-branch-of-which-law) --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94257/who-is-a-mutawalli Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.