Wakala: pillars, formula and the mandator

This chapter sets out the pillars of the contract of agency (wakala) according to the four schools: the formula by which the mandate is expressed, the question of immediate versus delayed acceptance, the agent's knowledge of the mandate, and the suspension of the mandate upon a condition or its attachment to a term. It then addresses the nature of the contract, revocable or binding, and the cases in which revocation is excluded, before turning to the second pillar, the principal, his conditions and the persons whose mandate is discussed, and then the third pillar, the agent.

Parts of this section

• The first pillar: the formula
• The recurring mandate