This volume deals with the origins and evolution of the Islamic institution of pious endowments in al-Andalus and provide us with a complete review of relevant issues such as the structure of economic property, the idea of charity, the concept of general or common interest and the social and juridical role of men of religion.

Alejandro García Sanjuán, Ph.D. (1998) in Medieval History, University of Seville (Spain), is currently Professor of Medieval History at Huelva University (Spain) and his academic field of research is the history of al-Andalus.