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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| Other title: | The Formation of the Waqf in Third-Century A.H. Ḥanafī Legal Discourse |
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| Summary: | 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 systematic textual analysis of the treatises, examining both the attributes of Ḥanafī legal discourse and how the waqf came to be defined and situated within existing categories of charitable giving, inheritance, bequest and death-sickness. The final chapter focuses on how the waqf was legitimated hermeneutically through traditions of the Prophet and his Companions. The close textual analysis of these treatises is especially important for historians of early Islamic law. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280467460 9786610467464 1423714342 9047402219 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Peter Hennigan. |