For over a millennium Islamic law has institutionalised money (and other economic assets) to implement its vision of a just society. Be it religious taxation in the form of zak��t charitable donations in the form of ���adaqa or religious endowments (awq��f) the dowry that is paid by a man to his would-be wife in a marriage contract or the different categories of financial compensation within Islamic criminal and tort law the Sharia utilises money and wealth for a diverse range of functions and o