Islamic Law and the Crisis of the Reconquista : The Debate on the Status of Muslim Communities in Christendom.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Historical Overview -- The Jurists on Muslim-Christian Relations -- The Works of al-Wansharīsī on the Mudéjars -- Modern Analyses of the Mālikī Position on the Mudéjars -- The Genre of the Sources -- Chapter 1 The Concept of Hijra (Migration) in Medieval Iberia and the Maghrib -- Hijra in the Early Islamic Period -- Practicing Hijra in the Maghrib: Fāṭimids, Almoravids and Almohads -- The Mālikī Jurists and the Concept of Hijra -- Egyptian Mālikīs and the Concept of Hijra -- Another Source of Prohibition Against Living in Non-Muslim Territory -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The Status of the Mudéjar Religious Leadership According to Mālikī Law -- Juristic Thought Prior to the Fourteenth Century -- The Fall of the Almohads and the Emergence of New Attitudes Toward the Mudéjar ʿUlamāʾ -- Chapter 3 Life, Family and Property in the Abode of War -- The Views of Mālik b. Anas and His Early Disciples -- The Views of the Pre-Reconquista Era Mālikī Jurists -- Mālikī Law During the Reconquista -- Chapter 4 European Rule in the 19th-Century Maghrib and the Reception of Reconquista-Era Law -- The French in the Maghrib, ʿAbd al-Qādir, and the Response of the Jurists -- ʿAbd al-Qādir on Hijra and Living under Christian Rule -- Fatwās which Limit Hijra and Give Support to Muslims Who Live under Christian Rule -- Al-Wazzānī on Living under Christian Rule -- Non-Juristic Approaches to the Issue of Non-Muslim Rule -- Conclusion -- Appendix A Al-Wansharīsī: On the Leader of the Muslims of Christian Marbella -- Appendix B Al-Wansharīsī's "Asnā al-matājir" -- Introduction -- Evidence from the Qurʾān -- Ibn Rushd (d. 520/1126) Prohibits Residence in the Abode of War -- A Discussion of the Views of Ibn Rushd -- Evidence from the Ḥadīth -- Ways of Reconciling Contrary Ḥadīths on Migration.

Excerpts from Ibn al-ʿArabī's Works on the Status of Muslims Who Fail to Migrate -- Ibn al-ʿArabī: Even Those Who Barely Qualify as Muslims Because They Had Improper Conversions Receive Protection for their Lives and Property -- Disagreements Regarding the Kinds of Protection Afforded to Muslims Living in the Abode of War -- Does Islam or the Abode of Islam Provide Protection? -- The Law Regarding Those Who Defame the Abode of Islam -- The Legal Credibility of Muslims Who Reside in the Abode of Unbelief -- The Legitimacy of Judges and Professional Witnesses Who Reside in the Abode of Unbelief -- The Fate in the Hereafter of Muslims Who Live in the Abode of Unbelief -- Is There Such a Thing as "Thought Crime" in Islamic Law or are Punishments Only for Evil Acts? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Sources in Arabic -- Non-Arabic Secondary Sources -- Index.

In Islamic Law and the Crisis of the Reconquista, Alan Verskin examines the efforts of Islamic jurists to articulate a new law which would address the predicament of Muslims living under Christian rule in Iberia.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.