THE TREATMENT OF THE FOUNDLING (AL-LAQĪT) ACCORDING TO THE HANAFĪS
Abstract This essay examines the problems that arise for the foundling—in Arabic, the laqīt or manbūdh, terms that signify a child abandoned by its mother or its parents and found by others. There are only a few prophetic traditions on the subject, and most of the views expressed by Muslim jurists s...
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Brill
2002
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2002, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 358-385 |
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