Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Chapter 17 Introduction to Part III
- Chapter 18 Ottoman Fatwās on the Substitution of Defunct Endowment Properties, from al-Aqwāl al-Marḍiyya of Qāḍīzādah Muḥammad Ṭāhir (d. 1254/1834)
- Chapter 19 Settling Disputes among Nomads
- Chapter 20 Fatwās on Aspects of Modern Life
- Chapter 21 ‘According to the Qaul Muʿtamad it is Unlawful and Invalid’
- Chapter 22 An Online Fatwā from the Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣriyya on Women’s Leadership
- Chapter 23 ‘His Doctrine is Deviant’
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Ottoman Fatwās on the Substitution of Defunct Endowment Properties, from al-Aqwāl al-Marḍiyya of Qāḍīzādah Muḥammad Ṭāhir (d. 1254/1834)
from Part III - Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Chapter 17 Introduction to Part III
- Chapter 18 Ottoman Fatwās on the Substitution of Defunct Endowment Properties, from al-Aqwāl al-Marḍiyya of Qāḍīzādah Muḥammad Ṭāhir (d. 1254/1834)
- Chapter 19 Settling Disputes among Nomads
- Chapter 20 Fatwās on Aspects of Modern Life
- Chapter 21 ‘According to the Qaul Muʿtamad it is Unlawful and Invalid’
- Chapter 22 An Online Fatwā from the Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣriyya on Women’s Leadership
- Chapter 23 ‘His Doctrine is Deviant’
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
This chapter explores the intervention of the late-18th century Ottoman jurist Kadizâda Mehmed Tâhir in a longstanding controversy: the legitimacy of istibdāl (the exchange of an endowed property for cash, or for another property). This mechanism was recognised as valid by the Ḥanbalī school of law, somewhat exceptionally. Istibdāl was an important means of reviving defunct endowments (sing. waqf) whose properties no longer generated the income necessary to support the charitable causes they had been devoted to, as well as a means of ensuring the continued circulation of property in society. Kadizâda Mehmed Tâhir argued in favour of the legitimacy of this mechanism and sought to uphold the decision of a Cairene deputy judge of the Ḥanbalī school who permitted istibdāl in a case where the endowment deed (waqfiyya) explicitly precluded its use.
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- Islamic Law in ContextA Primary Source Reader, pp. 194 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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