Breathing New Life into the Islamic Waqf: What Reforms Can Fiqh Regarding Awqaf Adopt from the Common Law of Trusts without Violating Shari'ah?

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

The waqf, which is an Islamic trust, and the early common law trust historically shared many common characteristics, but the modern trust differs today in some important respects from the waqf., This Article examines the origins of the waqf and the trust

Keywords

Waqf, Awqaf, Islamic Law, Islam, Trusts, Shari'ah, Mu'amalah

Discipline

Property Law and Real Estate

Publication

Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal

Volume

41

Issue

3

First Page

497

Last Page

527

ISSN

0034-0855

Publisher

American Bar Association

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