The Muslim land-distribution practice in Malaysia and its implications on Maqasid-al-Shariah

• Main Authors: Khalid, Haniza, Yusuf, Muhammad Dayyan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: HD101 Land use; HD1401 Agriculture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/24235/1/IWIET2012_Paper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/24235/4/Dr_Haniza.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/24235/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The Malays’ practice of distributing a deceased’s lands based on Faraid calculations under the framework of the Torrens land registration system has been partly blamed for the problem of land fragmentation and low land values prevalent in Malaysia today. Partitioning land according the entitlement o...