Michael McCain (X) (asker) Jan 29, 2009:

Other translations found online Thanks Mohamed. Zero results in Google is rare for general business/legal terms. The Babylon entry is by a freelancer named Ossama Nabil, who doesn't cite his source, and who knows where the Webster Online entry came from? (maybe they took it from Babylon). Also, I found several other sites that suggest different translations:

"Sharikat al-amwal:
a partnership in which participation is based on the contribution of wealth by all partners, but the partnership has to be of the type indn or mufdwadah."
http://www.meezanbank.com/glossaryS.aspx

" الشركة
Under this standard Al-Sharikah means any contract made by two or more parties pertaining to capital and work (management) for the purpose of making profit. This is known among jurists as ** sharikat ul-amwaal (finance partnership) **."
http://islamifn.com/basic/muagem.htm

"Sharikat ul-amwaal means a property partnership or property joint venture. "
http://www.dechert.com/practiceareas/practiceareas.jsp?pg=hi...

"As for partnership, this course analyzes different forms of partnership that had been developed by Muslim jurists such as partnership in property (sharikat al-amwal)..."
http://islamiccenter.kaau.edu.sa/7iecon/English/Englisg Pape...

"Sharikat al-amwal: A partnership in which participation is based on the contribution
of wealth by all partners, but the partnership has to be of the type 'indn or
mufdwadah."
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/7332/2/MPRA_paper_7332.pdf

Mohamed Kamel Jan 29, 2009:

Dear Michael,

Please check the following links.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Arabic...
http://www.babylon.com/definition/Association_of_capital/Ara...

However, googeling a term and have no or few results doesn't mean that the term we look for doesn't exist.

MK4translation

Michael McCain (X) (asker) Jan 29, 2009:

Sources Thank you for your feedback and the helpful reference. "Association of capital" gets very few hits on Google:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rlz=1B5GGGL_enES2...
Do you have any sources?