Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ ARENUR
Accessibility
Text size 100%

Saved on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere.

Wall (haith) and the shared wall

الحائط

The wall (haith) and the rules on a shared wall: how a partner may be compelled to share the cost of repair, the right to set one's beams into a neighbour's wall, and the demolition of a wall that threatens to fall. The Hanbalis and the older Shafi'i view hold that a neighbour may be compelled to allow his neighbour's beams into the wall. 1 2 3 4 5

Depth

At a glance

Review
Draft Completeness 0/5 · Help complete it

Tradition versus culture

Overview

Haith is the wall, and the encyclopedia treats the rules of a shared wall and of setting beams on it. 1

The shared wall and a partner's duty

When a shared wall has collapsed, the Hanafis hold that the other partner may be compelled to share in rebuilding it, where the foundation cannot be divided. 3

Setting beams on a neighbour's wall

The Hanbalis and the older Shafi'i view hold that a neighbour may be compelled to allow his neighbour to set beams into his wall. 2

Demolition

When a shared wall is feared to fall, it must be pulled down, and the partner who does so may claim his share from the other. 5

People and things also explored

The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· Intellectual invasion (al-ghazw al-fikri) in the Sheikh's view· Islamic management· Media and the responsibility of its producers· al-Anwāʾ (Star Rains)· Jahiliyya names of days and months· The ill-omened days· Divining Arrows

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6690
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6691
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6692
  4. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6694
  5. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6695
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Wall (haith) and the shared wall”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/haith/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

Ideas

Beliefs, concepts, sciences and schools, explained in plain words. Related

The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings

al-Mas'udi's etymology of the abjad numeral letters — the 29 letters of the abjad order named after six kings of Shu'ayb's people: Abjad of Mecca and the Hijaz, Hawwaz and Hutti of Wajj (the Ta'if and Najd lands), and Kalamn, Sa'fas and Qursht of Madyan or Egypt.