Waqf in Zaydi Yemen : legal theory, codification, and local practice /

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 everyd...

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Main Author: Hovden, Eirik (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 46.
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