Waqfin Historical Perspective
Onlinefatāwāand Contemporary Discourses by Muslim Scholars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6085752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sabrina Joseph (0000-0002-0840-9973) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 425-437 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-6952 • E-ISSN: 1469-9591 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13602004.2014.965974 |
| OpenAlex | W2118667410 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Since the beginnings of Islam, awqāf or religious endowments have been the medium through which various public services (i.e. schools, hospitals, and mosques) have been provided to communities. Historically, endowments were both insulated from state authority and an emanation of imperial and/or state power. Modern day Muslim scholars have taken a renewed interest in waqf, particularly as Muslim societies look to revive those indigenous institutions which promote cultural sustainability. This paper examines perceptions of the role of waqf in Muslim society as evidenced in current online fatāwā and writings by Muslim scholars. These sources are drawn from English-medium, Muslim web organizations and sites which have particular appeal among Muslims living in the West. This literature propagates a historical narrative of waqf which highlights the institution's moral significance, civic identity, and economic efficiency, and plays down its pre-nineteenth-century links to state power and its potential inefficiency. According to modern day scholars, endowments, with the proper legal framework in place, can promote civil society and sustainability. In a bid to examine these issues, the paper analyzes how online sources address the historical development of waqf and legal mechanisms shaping the regulation of endowments
Aesthetics · Appeal · Identity (music · Islam · Media studies · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Sustainability · Waqf · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |