Islamic Fiqh > Endowments (waqf) and property > Hiba: the gift > Obstacles to return and the given property
Updated on 25 September 2026 at 6:57 PM
This fourth part of the chapter on hiba (the donation) completes the examination of the donor: the insolvent person, the apostate, the married woman, the sick person; then of the recipient (the minor, the insane and the legally interdicted person) and of the gifted thing (existence, determination, value, ownership, indivision, distinctness); finally of the objects whose validity remains disputed: the usufruct, skins, exploitable impurities, the borrowed item, the rented property, the pledged property and the usurped property.