Guardianship of the incapable: minors, spendthrifts and the insane

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Who manages the assets of one who cannot manage his own? Guardianship (wilaya) over minors, curatorship of the spendthrift and insane, and the judge's control.

Sources and references

• sourate an-Nisa 5
• sourate an-Nisa 6
• sourate an-Nisa 10
• Sunan Abi Dawud, kitab al-buyu' (al-qayyim qayyim ma lam yufsid)
• al-Mawardi, Al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyya
• Ibn Qudama, Al-Mughni
• Code de la famille marocain (Moudawana), loi n° 70-03, 2004

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