Waqf in Zaydī Yemen Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice

• Autor principal: Hovden, Eirik (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Brill 2018
• Materias: Islamic law; Yemen; endowments; foundations; infrastructure; knowledge; legal; public; trusts; zaydism
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 every...