The Doctrinal Development of “Maraḍ Al-Mawt” in the Formative Period of Islamic Law
Abstract Muslim jurists were at first reluctant to place restrictions on gratuitous dispositions by a dying person. During the first quarter of the second century/second quarter of the eighth century, however, they created a concept of “a sickness causing a fear of death” (al-maraḍ al-mukhawwif) to...
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Brill
1998
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Islamic law and society
Year: 1998, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 326-358 |
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