Verified references
Sources from Al Islam, Al Hakam, The Review of Religions, and Ahmadipedia only. Each reference identifies the specific claims it supports.
Reviewed 1 November 2026. This is a selected source list, not an exhaustive collection. Historical accounts and spiritual guidance do not establish current UK payment rules or an audited allocation split. Unsupported percentage figures and sources outside these approved publishers have been removed.
Published evidence
Al Islam · Historical account
Friday sermon, 12 January 2007 · Urdu. The 1957 launch, original objectives, religious teachers, and historical examples of medical work.
What this supports: The scheme was initiated in 1957 by Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra), with rural religious training and preaching among its original objectives.
Al Islam · Introduction
An introduction published by Al Islam, identifying Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra) as the founder.
What this supports: The introduction identifies Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra), as the founder.
Al Islam · Friday sermon
Friday sermon, 3 January 2025. Financial sacrifice and the commencement of the 68th year of Waqf-e-Jadid.
What this supports: The sermon discusses financial sacrifice and announces the commencement of the 68th year.
Al Islam · Friday sermon
Friday sermon, 9 January 2026. Financial sacrifice and the new Waqf-e-Jadid year.
What this supports: Al Islam publishes the 9 January 2026 sermon under the same title as the recordings featured on the home page.
Al Hakam · Accounts of sacrifice
25 December 2020. Accounts of members’ financial sacrifices and contributions to Waqf-e-Jadid.
What this supports: The article recounts members’ contributions. These examples do not establish a prescribed amount or a current allocation split.
Al Hakam · Historical chronology
29 December 2023. The history of Waqf-e-Jadid during the first 20 years of the era of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba).
What this supports: Quotes the 9 January 2004 sermon: the scheme began in 1957 for Pakistan and partly India, and in 1985 Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) expanded it worldwide.
The Review of Religions · Sermon summary
Friday sermon summary, 6 January 2023. Spending from what one loves and the spiritual significance of financial sacrifice.
What this supports: The summary discusses financial sacrifice in the service of Islam and humanity; it does not establish UK administrative rules or a budget split.
Al Islam · Question and answer
Question and answer session with Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV (rh). English and Arabic.
What this supports: Al Islam describes this session as covering the Jama‘at’s financial system with specific reference to Waqf-e-Jadid.
Al Islam · Friday sermon
Friday sermon by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba), 8 January 2016. How Waqf-e-Jadid contributions are divided and the projects they funded in 2015.
What this supports: A third of contributions is spent where collected; of the rest, one portion goes to Qadian and India, the remainder to African and some other countries. Reports 19 mosques and 23 mission houses in India, 130 mosques and 82 mission houses in Africa, over 1,000 mu‘allims in India and over 1,000 in 26 African countries, and over 2,000 tarbiyyat classes.
Ahmadipedia · Encyclopedia entry
The Jama‘at encyclopedia’s entry on the Waqf-e-Jadid scheme: launched by Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra), first mentioned in the Eid-ul-Adha sermon of 9 July 1957 and initiated on 27 December 1957.
What this supports: Records the launch date as 27 December 1957, with the scheme first mentioned on 9 July 1957, and quotes Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra) on the purpose of the waqf and the mu‘allimeen network.
Al Hakam · Field report
13 January 2023. A report from the remote village of Raddoua, Niger, where Ahmadi mu‘allims (teachers) visit local Ahmadis.
What this supports: Describes mu‘allims travelling to remote villages in Niger to teach local Ahmadis.