Author

Publication

2018 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

106,250 words, Guess

Page Count

425 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004377721
  • ISBN-109004377727
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018030396
  • OCLC Control Number1041907706
  • Better World Books9789004377721
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCKMX1271.35.H68 2018
  • LCCKMX1271.35 .H68 2018
  • LCCKMX1271.35 .H68 2019

Description

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.

Subjects

Topics

WaqfIslamSchiitenStiftungZaiditenLaw, yemenIslamic law

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