(Source: CUP)
Cambridge
University Press is publishing a new book on the Aqila in the history of Islamic
law.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Offering the
first close study of the ʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money
payments on behalf of a member who committed an accidental homicide, Nurit
Tsafrir analyses the group's transformation from a pre-Islamic custom to an
institution of the Shari'a, and its further evolution through medieval and post
medieval Islamic law and society. Having been an essential factor in the
maintenance of social order within Muslim societies, the ʿAqila is the
intersection between legal theory and practice, between Islamic law and
religion, and between Islamic law and the state. Tracing the history of the
ʿAqila, this study reveals how religious values, state considerations and
social organization have participated in shaping and reshaping this central
institution, which still concerns contemporary Muslim scholars.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nurit Tsafrir, Tel-Aviv University
Nurit Tsafrir is
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at
Tel-Aviv University. She was previously a member of the Israel Institution for
Advanced Studies in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and of the Institute
for Advanced Study in Princeton University, New Jersey. A specialist in
medieval Islam focusing on the Hanafi school of law, she is the author of The
History of an Islamic School of Law: The Early Spread of Hanafism (2004).
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Part I. The Contribution of Islamic Values:
1. The modern perspective and the Islamic perspective, and their application to the law of homicide
2. Major modifications of the Islamic law of homicide
3. The 'Āqila's liability for homicide restricted, and justified
Part II. The Contribution of the State Administration:
4. The Dīwān innovation in Umayyad practice
5. From Umayyad practice to Ḥanafī law
6. The Dīwān innovation in Ḥanafī law
Part III. The Contribution of the Persians:
7. The Eastern Iranian Ḥanafī views on the 'Āqila: a presentation
8. The Eastern Iranian Ḥanafī views: the general context
9. The Eastern Iranian Ḥanafī views on the 'Āqila: an examination
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
1. The modern perspective and the Islamic perspective, and their application to the law of homicide
2. Major modifications of the Islamic law of homicide
3. The 'Āqila's liability for homicide restricted, and justified
Part II. The Contribution of the State Administration:
4. The Dīwān innovation in Umayyad practice
5. From Umayyad practice to Ḥanafī law
6. The Dīwān innovation in Ḥanafī law
Part III. The Contribution of the Persians:
7. The Eastern Iranian Ḥanafī views on the 'Āqila: a presentation
8. The Eastern Iranian Ḥanafī views: the general context
9. The Eastern Iranian Ḥanafī views on the 'Āqila: an examination
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
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