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Dispute Over The Legality Of Al-Ijārah Al-Mawṣūfah Fī Al-Dhimmah: A Survey Of Fiqhī Opinions, Abu Talib Mohammad Monawer, Akhtarzaite Abd Aziz
Dispute Over The Legality Of Al-Ijārah Al-Mawṣūfah Fī Al-Dhimmah: A Survey Of Fiqhī Opinions, Abu Talib Mohammad Monawer, Akhtarzaite Abd Aziz
Abu Talib Mohammad Monawer
The legality of al-ijārah al-mawṣūfah fī al-dhimmah (AIMAD) has been disputed. Some contemporary scholars have mentioned disagreement among the early Muslim scholars about it and have identified the Ḥanafī School’s position to be prohibition. In fact, the classical texts of most juristic schools are similar in terms of the discussion on this contract. Hence, the question that arises is whether there is really a dispute among the four major Sunni schools of Islamic law or consensus on the legality of AIMAD. In order to answer the question, this paper discusses the classical and contemporary fiqh literature on this issue. The …