Poverty and charity in the rise of Islam / Michael Bonner -- Status-based definitions of need in early Islamic Zakat and maintenance laws / Ingrid Mattson -- The foreign Jewish poor in medieval Egypt / Mark R. Cohen -- "Prices are in God's hands" : the theory and practice of price control in the...

Intro -- POVERTY AND CHARITY IN MIDDLE EASTERN CONTEXTS -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Part I: Entitlement and Obligation -- 1. Poverty and Charity in the Rise of Islam by Michael Bonner -- 2. Status-Based Definitions of Need in Early Islamic Zakat...