{"product_id":"the-birth-of-a-legal-institution-9789004130296","title":"The Birth of a Legal Institution","description":"This book present the first sustained analysis of the earliest legal treatises on the Islamic trust, or waqf -- the \u003ci\u003eAḥkām al-Waqf\u003c\/i\u003e of Hilāl al-Ra᾿y and the \u003ci\u003eAḥkām al-Awqāf\u003c\/i\u003e of al-Khaṣṣāf.\u003cbr\u003eThe book situates the treastise and their authors within third\/ninth century legal culture, and then undertakes a systematic textual analysis of the treatises, examining both the attributes of Ḥanafī legal discourse and how the waqf came to be defined and situated within existing categories of charitable giving, inheritance, bequest and death-sickness. The final chapter focuses on how the waqf was legitimated hermeneutically through traditions of the Prophet and his Companions. \u003cbr\u003eThe close textual analysis of these treatises is especially important for historians of early Islamic law.","brand":"Peter Hennigan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48273573511419,"sku":"9789004130296","price":181.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_f82ae371-08b5-4fa1-8156-0e859a1ef63e.jpg?v=1783815664","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-birth-of-a-legal-institution-9789004130296","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}