Sultan, Scholar, and Sufi: Authority and Power Relations in al-Suyūṭī’s Fatwā on Waqf

This essay examines a legal opinion (fatwā) by the accomplished fifteenth-century polymath, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505). In his treatise, the author investigates the issue of whose stipend should be given priority in endowed institutions that receive funding from the state Treasury in times...

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Main Author: Hernandez, Rebecca Skreslet (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2013, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 333-370
Further subjects:B stipends
B Mamluks
B Authority
B Islamic Law
B al-Suyūṭī
B Power
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