{"id":97831,"date":"2021-07-09T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T10:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=97831"},"modified":"2021-07-09T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T10:46:02","slug":"no-dilip-kumar-has-not-donated-his-wealth-to-muslim-waqf-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-dilip-kumar-has-not-donated-his-wealth-to-muslim-waqf-board\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Dilip Kumar has not donated his wealth to Muslim Waqf Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the demise of actor Dilip Kumar, a claim viral on social media suggested that the late actor has given away his wealth to the &#8220;Waqf Board&#8221; or the &#8220;Muslim Waqf Board&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The claim was shared by Twitter users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealArnab_\/status\/1413101904981233666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RealArnab_<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arunbajpairajan\/status\/1413058096184786956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@arunbajpairajan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janardanspeaks\/status\/1413060485658808323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@janardanspeaks,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janardanmis\/status\/1412799479888060416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@janardanmis<\/a>, among others, gaining thousands of likes and retweets.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-97831 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-dilip-kumar-has-not-donated-his-wealth-to-muslim-waqf-board\/ss-arnab-dp-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/ss-arnab-DP-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/ss-arun-DK-1-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-dilip-kumar-has-not-donated-his-wealth-to-muslim-waqf-board\/ss-janardan-dk-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/ss-janardan-DK-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/ss-janardan-DK-1.png 753w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/ss-janardan-DK-1-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-dilip-kumar-has-not-donated-his-wealth-to-muslim-waqf-board\/js-ss-dk\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Js-ss-DK.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Js-ss-DK.png 749w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Js-ss-DK-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Some have also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GAURAVBJP4INDIA\/status\/1412811860684902404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed that he donated \u20b998 crores<\/a> to the board.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/2021-07-09-14_45_11-1-\u0917\u094c\u0930\u0935-\u092e\u0939\u093e\u091c\u0928-on-Twitter_-_\u092e\u0941\u0924\u0932\u093f\u092e\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0915\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0932\u0949\u091c\u0940-\u0938\u092e\u091d\u0947_-\u0926\u093f\u0932\u0940\u092a-\u0915\u0941\u092e\u093e\u0930-\u0905\u0938\u0932-\u0928\u093e\u092e-\u092f\u0942.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"500\" 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\/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Multiple variations of the claim can be found on both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1&amp;sde=AbojPGCIMlMwMczddRlwbBmU7WtN_K8KjXVZ58Z1WAouXOfwW56tfHA99ODZ-2OLd2ZXHkYmkqBJWAGKfs1AF5yh3NqzbOUrx2mzIOa22Jbwc48U04px_gLBrxYVBSbpJ2KNGZwKfxS8lg0ehOfQCYH6y-Wg847-Tstm3CUHFK712rOTkV77RYw__3hRcMo1mpFdhYBJOhsQKsKX9PGocuswZIfVATnf67GNX8yQsPO7sc5UUVHfFmQVA5ATkrORvj05pQCWkKT48K2Jf5ZbHP8F6Pkb2lGphNSl2NLipTRQuCU428sl1Jp_cg4FahCzpfOgHrx0Bl1NRJzlml1I9J5G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook,<\/a> also in the form of inforgraphics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=396598798557541&amp;id=101796271371130\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=396598798557541&amp;id=101796271371130\"><p>\u0938\u0947\u0915\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0932\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0917\u093e\u0932 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0924\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u0947<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kusumsingh1429\">Kusum singh<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=396598798557541&amp;id=101796271371130\">Thursday, 8 July 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/dilip1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/dilip1.png 677w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/dilip1-300x270.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>False claim<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAISALmouthshut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faisal Farooqui<\/a>, founder and CEO of Mouthshut.com, and the spokesperson of the late actor. He told us that the claim is false and no such donations have been made. Faisal is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/entertainment\/bollywood-news\/article\/remembering-dilip-kumar-through-these-vignettes-23181739?infinite-scroll=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">close aide and a family friend<\/a> of Dilip Kumar and he used to handle Kumar&#8217;s social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago.<\/p>\n<p>We are from God and to Him we return. &#8211; Faisal Farooqui<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDilipKumar\/status\/1412600233062699008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also contacted Anees Shaikh, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/mahawakf.com\/office-and-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maharashtra State Board of Waqf<\/a>, who told us that the office does not have any information regarding such a donation.<\/p>\n<p>There are also no news reports on Kumar handing out the generous amount of \u20b998 crore to the board.<\/p>\n<p>It must be pointed out that right after the late actor&#8217;s demise, many individuals referred to his Muslim identity at birth and put out hateful statements. The viral claim that he donated his money to a Muslim institution is an addition to the hate and disinformation campaign that attempts to discredit the actor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u0940\u092a \u0915\u0941\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0940, \u092a\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0920\u093e \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0940\u0902 \u0909\u0938 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0917\u093e \u092f\u093e \u092f\u0942\u0938\u0941\u092b\u093c \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u092b\u093c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0917\u093e? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DilipKumar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DilipKumar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3g5kDCG6QG\">https:\/\/t.co\/3g5kDCG6QG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suresh Chavhanke \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@SureshChavhanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SureshChavhanke\/status\/1412628662411689989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moreover, <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-how-a-waqf-is-created-and-the-laws-that-govern-such-properties-6072476\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Waqf Board is a juristic person i.e., a legally recognised entity.<\/a> Each state has a Waqf Board of its own, headed by a chairperson, one or two nominees from the state government, Muslim legislators and parliamentarians. There&#8217;s nothing illegal or wrong about donating to a Waqf Board.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that such a campaign has been launched against a prominent individual from the Muslim community. The false claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/shahrukh-khan-did-not-donate-rs-45-crores-to-pakistan-for-victims-of-oil-tanker-blast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah Rukh Khan had donated Rs 45 crore to Pakistan for victims of an oil tanker blast<\/a> circulates every now and then.<\/p>\n<p>It may be reiterated that the claim suggesting late actor Dilip Kumar donated his wealth of around \u20b998 crore to the &#8220;Waqf Board&#8221; is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the demise of actor Dilip Kumar, a claim viral on social media suggested that the late actor has given away his wealth to the &#8220;Waqf Board&#8221; or the &#8220;Muslim Waqf Board&#8221;. The claim was shared by Twitter users @RealArnab_, @arunbajpairajan, @janardanspeaks, @janardanmis, among others, gaining thousands of likes and retweets. Some have also claimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":97884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,55],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[692],"class_list":["post-97831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-religion","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Untitled-design20.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97831"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97886,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97831\/revisions\/97886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97831"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=97831"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=97831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}