Amjad Khan vs Ashraf Khan on 26 February, 1929
20 There is a full discussion of the law on this subject in the judgment,
of Sir Wazir Hasan in the case of Amjad Khan v. Ashraf Khan.4 That case
challenged the doctrine accepted by Hanafi lawyers that a gift to "A" for
life conferred an absolute interest on "A"; a doctrine based on a saying of
the Prophet (Hedaya, Bk. III, p. 309) :