Reviving dead land (ihya')

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How dead land becomes property: ihya' (revival), common goods, protected reserves, iqta' grants and the fate of minerals, with the schools' divergences.

The evidence among the classical schools

Sources and references

• al-Bukhari 2210
• Abu Dawud 3073
• at-Tirmidhi 1378
• an-Nasa'i 5761
• Abu Dawud 3077
• al-Muwatta 1424
• Ibn Qudama, al-Mughni

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• Family waqf (waqf dhurri)
• Managing a waqf: the nazar (custody)
• Istibdal (replacement) and the end of a waqf
• Hiba: the gift
• 'Ariya: the loan for use
• Wadi'a: the deposit of trust
• Ghasb: usurpation
• Luqata: the lost item found
• Shuf'a: the right of preemption
• Leasing waqf assets
• Contemporary waqf: cash waqf and new forms
• Easements and neighbor rights
• Equality among children in gifts and hiba

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