Built environment, in law - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Hakim, Besim S.
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Leiden
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Brill
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The built environment of Muslim towns and cities was determined in the past largely by the manner in which responsibilities were allocated and individual behaviours were affected by the notion of rights. In the early period the predominant customary practices (ʿurf) of the Arabian peninsula in particular and the Near East in general were assimilated by the early Muslims (Hakim, The urf and its role). These practices were adapted and changed as necessary to bring them into conformity with the practice and experience in Medina following the hijra in 622