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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hovden, Eirik.

Series:

Studies in Islamic Law and Society 46.

Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waqf--Yemen (Republic).

Waqf.

Islamic law--Yemen (Republic).

Islamic law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 425 pages) : illustrations, map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

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.

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.

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ISBN:

9789004377844

9004377840

OCLC:

1044774548

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004377844 DOI