The Birth of a Legal Institution

The Formation of the Waqf in Third-century A.H. Ḥanafī Legal Discourse

This work presents an analysis of the earliest legal treatises on the Islamic trust, or waqf - the Ah kam al-Waaf" of Hilal al-Ray and the Ah kam al-Awqaf of al-Khassaf. This work undertakes a textual analysis of the treatises.

Ibn Abi al-Wafa', Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Qadir. Al-Jawdhir al-Mudiyyaf Tabaqat
al-Hanafyya. 1 vols. Hyderabad: Da'irat al-Ma'arif al-Nizamiyya, 1332/1914, and
second printing, 1408/1988. Ibn 'Abidin, Muhammad Amin b. 'Umar. Rasa'il. 2
vols. Beirut: Mu'assasat Fu'ad, 1978. Ibn Abi Shayba, 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad.
Al-Musannaf. 15 vols. Bombay: al-Dar al-Salafiyya, 1403/1983. Ibn al-Athir, 'Izz al
-Dm. Al-KamilJi al-Ta'rikh. 12 vols. Beirut: Dar Sadir, 1965-67. Ibn al-Athir, Majd ...