Islamic Fiqh > Endowments (waqf) and property > Reviving dead land (ihya') > Iqta: land grant
Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
Iqta' is the grant by which the imam (the ruler) assigns to an individual a piece of land or a defined right of use. An institution examined in detail by the jurists of the four schools, it covers the validity of the grant, its types, its limit, the regime of mines and of developed lands, the leasing of the grant, and public spaces. The nine sheets below give a faithful translation of it, with the exact positions of the schools and their classical references.