The birth of a legal institution : : the formation of the waqf in third-century A.H. Ḥanafī legal discourse / / Peter Hennigan.

This book present the first sustained analysis of the earliest legal treatises on the Islamic trust, or waqf -- the Aḥkām al-Waqf of Hilāl al-Ra᾿y and the Aḥkām al-Awqāf of al-Khaṣṣāf. The book situates the treastise and their authors within third/ninth century legal culture, and then undertakes a s...

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Superior document:Studies in Islamic Law and Society ; 18
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : BRILL,, 2004.
Year of Publication:2004
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Islamic Law and Society ; 18.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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