A Sharīʿa Court Judgment of Muḥammad Ḥusayn Fishārakī (d. 1353/1935) Reviving the Safavid Waqf of Mīrzā Aḥmad Kafrānī (d. after 988/1580)

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Chapter 26 - A Sharīʿa Court Judgment of Muḥammad Ḥusayn Fishārakī (d. 1353/1935) Reviving the Safavid Waqf of Mīrzā Aḥmad Kafrānī (d. after 988/1580)

from Part IV - Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024

Zahir Bhalloo

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Omar Anchassi and

Robert Gleave

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Omar Anchassi: Affiliation:
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Robert Gleave: Affiliation:
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This chapter explores a 1912 legal opinion (fatwā) by the Iranian Twelver Shīʿī jurist Muḥammad Ḥusayn Fishārakī (d. 1353/1935) on a dispute over the ownership of two villages, Jayshī and Saryān, both of which were endowed and had been illegally sold by a trustee in order to escape his various financial troubles. The fatwā upholds the legitimacy of the endowments (sing. waqf) and finds that their sale had been unlawful. The source sheds light on how Islamic law in modern and early modern Iran often operated outside the context of state institutions.

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Legal opinion (fatwā)Judge (qāḍī)Executive authority Endowment (waqf)Twelver Shīʿa Iran.

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Information: Islamic Law in Context
A Primary Source Reader
, pp. 279 - 287

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031783.031 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2024

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