What does Al-twkyl mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-twkyl (توكيل) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-twkyl

Al-twkyl according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

Placing another in one's own place in disposing of what one owns.

Al-twkyl according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Placing another in one's own place in disposing of what one owns.

Al-twkyl according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

In language: delegation and the like; deputizing (inaba), or deputation (istinaba), or representation (niyaba). Technically: a man's placing another in his own stead for a lawful, specified disposal of what he owns. Tawkil in divorce: making its pronouncement rest in another's hands, the husband being barred from it, as Ibn 'Arfa said. (Sharh Hudud Ibn 'Arfa, 1/284; al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya, 3/252).

Al-twkyl according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Placing another in one's own stead in disposing of a thing one owns.

Al-twkyl according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is the placing of another in one's own stead in disposing of what one owns.