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Waqf in Zaydī Yemen : legal theory, codification, and local practice
- Author
- Hovden, Eirik, author.
- Title
- Waqf in Zaydī Yemen : legal theory, codification, and local practice / by Eirik Hovden.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Description
- x, 425 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.
- Uniform series
- Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 46.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-399) and indexes.
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Representing validity in Islamic law
- Central waqf administration
- Main texts of Zaydi waqf fiqh and law
- Family waqf and inheritance
- The tenant's strong hand
- Private rights in public waqf
- Pure law, urf, and malaa: conclusions.
- 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 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." -- Back cover.
- Subject headings
- Waqf--Yemen (Republic) Islamic law--Yemen (Republic)
- ISBN
- 9789004377721 (hardback ; alk. paper) 9004377727 9789004377844 (e-book)