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Waqf in Zaydī Yemen: Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice

Waqf in Zaydī Yemen: Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice

Name: Waqf in Zaydī Yemen: Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice
Brand: Brill Academic Publishers
SKU: 9789004377721
Price: 1782.20 HKD
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Author: Eirik Hovden
ISBN: 9789004377721

By Eirik Hovden

Brill Academic Publishers October 2018

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9789004377721
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Publication: October 2018
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Islamic foundations ( waqf, pl. awqāf) have been an integral part of Yemeni society both for managing private wealth and as a legal frame for charity and public infrastructure. This book focuses on four socially grounded fields of legal knowledge: fiqh, codification, individual waqf cases, and everyday waqf related knowledge. It combines textual analysis with ethnography seeking to understand how Islamic law is approached, used, produced and validated in selected topics of waqf law where the tensions are strong between ideals and pragmatic rules. The study analyses central Zaydī fiqh works such as the Sharḥ al-azhār-cluster, in addition to imamic decrees, fatwās, and waqf documents, mostly from Zaydī, Northern Yemen.

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Representing Validity in Islamic Law

Chapter 3 Central Waqf Adminstration

Chapter 4 Main Texts of Zaydī Waqf Fiqh and Law

Chapter 5 Family Waqf and Inheritance

Chapter 6 The Tenant’s Strong Hand

Chapter 7 Private Rights in Public Waqf

Chapter 8 Pure Law, ʿUrf, and Maṣlaḥa: Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

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