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The development of Islamic law and society in the Maghrib : Qadis, Muftis and family law
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ISBN: 9781409403708 140940370X Year: 2011 Volume: 982 Publisher: Farnham ; Burlington VT Ashgate


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Studies in Qur'an and Hadith : the formation of the Islamic law of inheritance
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ISBN: 0520055586 Year: 1986 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,


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Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men : the making of the last prophet
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ISBN: 1283896354 081220557X 0812221494 Year: 2009 Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,

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The Islamic claim to supersede Judaism and Christianity is embodied in the theological assertion that the office of prophecy is hereditary but that the line of descent ends with Muhammad, who is the seal, or last, of the prophets.While Muhammad had no natural sons who reached the age of maturity, he is said to have adopted a man named Zayd, and mutual rights of inheritance were created between the two. Zayd b. Muhammad, also known as the Beloved of the Messenger of God, was the first adult male to become a Muslim and the only Muslim apart from Muhammad to be named in the Qur'an. But if prophecy is hereditary and Muhammad has a son, David Powers argues, then he might not be the Last Prophet. Conversely, if he is the Last Prophet, he cannot have a son.In Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men, Powers contends that a series of radical moves were made in the first two centuries of Islamic history to ensure Muhammad's position as the Last Prophet. He focuses on narrative accounts of Muhammad's repudiation of Zayd, of his marriage to Zayd's former wife, and of Zayd's martyrdom in battle against the Byzantines. Powers argues that theological imperatives drove changes in the historical record and led to the abolition or reform of key legal institutions. In what is likely to be the most controversial aspect of his book, he offers compelling physical evidence that the text of the Qur'an itself was altered.

Law, society, and culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500
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ISBN: 0521816912 0521120594 0511550391 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Focusing on the Maghrib in the period between 1300 and 1500, in this 2002 book David Powers analyses the application of Islamic law through the role of the mufti. To unravel the sophistication of the law, he considers six cases which took place in the Marinid period on subjects as diverse as paternity, fornication, water rights, family endowments, the slander of the Prophet and disinheritance. The source for these disputes are fatwas issued by the muftis, which the author uses to situate each case in its historical context and to interpret the principles of Islamic law. In so doing he demonstrates that, contrary to popular stereotypes, muftis were in fact dedicated to reasoned argument, and sensitive to the manner in which law, society and culture interacted. The book represents a groundbreaking approach to a complex field. It will be read by students of Islamic law and those interested in traditional Muslim societies.


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Zayd
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ISBN: 9780812246179 Year: 2014 Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,


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Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men : the making of the last prophet
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ISBN: 9780812241785 Year: 2009 Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,

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The empire in transition
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ISBN: 1438416431 0585153930 9780585153933 Year: 1989 Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press,

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Islamic Empire --- History


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Islamic Ecumene : Comparing Muslim Societies
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ISBN: 1501772414 Year: 2023 Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press,

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The essays in Islamic Ecumene address the ways in which Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia and from sub-Saharan Africa to the steppes of Uzbekistan are members of a broad cultural unit. Although the Muslim inhabitants of these lands speak dozens of languages, represent numerous ethnic groups, and practice diverse forms of Islam, they are united by shared practices and worldviews shaped by religious identity. To highlight these commonalities, the co-editors invited a team of scholars from a wide range of disciplines to examine Muslim societies in comparative and interconnected ways. The result is a book that showcases ethics, education, architecture, the arts, modernization, political resistance, marriage, divorce, and death rituals. Using the insights and methods of historians, anthropologists, literary critics, art historians, political scientists, and sociologists, Islamic Ecumene seeks to understand Islamic identity as a dynamic phenomenon that is reflected in the multivalent practices of the more than one billion people across the planet who identify as Muslims.

The history of al-Tabarī.
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ISBN: 0791400727 0791400735 9780791400722 Year: 1989 Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press,

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