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

Islamic Law

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

By Eirik Hovden
Brill Academic Publishers October 2018

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

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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.

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Table of Contents

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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