Islamic Fiqh > Companies and leases > Musaqat (irrigation sharing) > Musaqat: pillars and conditions
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Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
Musaqat is the contract by which the owner of trees, an orchard or a palm grove entrusts their watering and upkeep to a worker in exchange for an agreed share of the fruit. The sheets below set out its five pillars and its conditions according to the four Sunni schools: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali. The translation preserves the full substance: exact school positions, arguments, takhrij and classical references.