Jiha (direction, purpose or head in fiqh)

الجهة

Jiha in the language is the place one faces or aims at. In fiqh the word is used for a purpose to which property is assigned, such as an endowment for a perpetual purpose like the poor. The encyclopedia records disputes between giver and receiver over the purpose, such as a dispute over whether a payment was a gift or part of the dower, and the two ways in Islam by which a child belongs to the faith: a parent's conversion, or being found in Muslim territory. ^{1 2 3 4}