Ijara is a town and
Sub-County in
Garissa County
Garissa County is an administrative county in Kenya. Its capital and largest urban area is Garissa. The county had a population of 841,353 at the 2019 Census, and a land area of about .2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Volume 2.
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. It was previously capital of the former
Ijara District. It is located 100 km north of
Lamu and 180 km south of
Garissa.
Alternate meanings
''Ijara'' means rent in Arabic. Ijara (or ''
Ijarah
''Ijarah'', ( ar, الإجارة , al-Ijārah, "to give something on rent" or "providing services and goods temporarily for a wage" Jamaldeen, ''Islamic Finance For Dummies'', 2012:157 (a noun, not a verb)), is a term of ''fiqh'' (Islamic jurispr ...
'') is also a
sharia-compliant form of mortgage similar to conventional
rent-to-own. The process is also known as ''Ijara wa Iqtina'', or rent with acquisition.
References
Garissa County
Populated places in North Eastern Province (Kenya)
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