Waqf in Zaydi Yemen : : legal theory, codification, and local practice / / by Eirik Hovden.

• Author: Hovden, Eirik.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 425 pages) :; illustrations, map.

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 and seeks to understand how Islamic law is approached, used, produced, and validated in selected topics of waqf law where there are tensions between ideals and pragmatic rules. The study analyses central Zaydī fiqh works such as the Sharḥ al-azhār cluster, imamic decrees, fatwā s, and waqf documents, mostly from Zaydī, northern Yemen.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Transliteration -- Introduction -- Representing Validity in Islamic Law -- Central Waqf Administration -- Main Texts of Zaydī Waqf Fiqh and Law -- Family Waqf and Inheritance -- The Tenant’s Strong Hand -- Private Rights in Public Waqf -- Pure Law, ʿUrf, and Maṣlaḥa: Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.