Tag Archives: endowment (Waqf)

Indian parliament has passed a controversial bill that overhauls laws governing Muslim religious endowments amid the opposition of Muslims and the opposition party...

This article presents an endowment note as the only surviving material trace from the famous library of the Shiʿite scholar ʿAlī b. Mūsā Ibn Ṭāwūs (589/1193–664/1266).....

In this collected volume, Aharon Layish demonstrates that legal documents are an essential source for legal and social history....

Waqf is a complex institution which has been employed by Muslims for over 1000 years to sustain various projects, ranging from private homes, cemeteries, libraries, mosques, schools, to...

This book focuses on four socially grounded fields of legal knowledge: fiqh, codification, individual waqf cases, and everyday waqf-related knowledge...

Recognizing the importance of Masjid, Zakat, and Waqf in social and nation development, Al-Azhar Masjid, International Islamic University College Selangor (Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor, KUIS) will continue to...

The present study examines the impact of British colonial rule on traditional waqf practice in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The writer shall argue that British policy towards waqf in Zanzibar was shaped by a combination of...

The article draws mainly on the perspective of the Muslim minority in Kenya and argues that state control of waqfs in Kenya did not only interfere with normative practices but also partly laid the ground for the present-day economic and political marginalization and exclusion of...

High-net-worth Muslim investors are increasingly investing and accruing wealth in the United Kingdom and the demand for Shariah-compliant wealth-planning structures, such as Waqfs, is growing. This study accepts that Waqf law, as...

This is the first book on the relationship between Islamic law and the Iranian society during the...