Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Chapter 7 Introduction to Part II
- Chapter 8 The Kitāb al-Umma, or Ṣaḥīfat al-Madīna
- Chapter 9 Section on Lawful Food from al-Mabsūṭ fī Fiqh al-Imāmiyya of Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī (d. 460/1067)
- Chapter 10 ‘The Treatise of Refutation of those who Criticise [Our] Conduct’ (Kitāb al-Radd ʿalā man Ṭaʿana fī l-Sīra) Attributed to Imām al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh, Aḥmad b. Sulaymān (d. 566/1170)
- Chapter 11 Menstruating Women and Visiting the Mosque
- Chapter 12 Section on the Law of Rebellion from the Radd al-Muḥtār of Ibn ʿĀbidīn (d. 1252/1836)
- Chapter 13 Offer and Acceptance in Islamic Marriage
- Chapter 14 Treatise on Jihad and Migration
- Chapter 15 Alms Tax (Zakāt) in Shīʿī Law
- Chapter 16 A Difficult Case of Divorce
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Chapter 10 - ‘The Treatise of Refutation of those who Criticise [Our] Conduct’ (Kitāb al-Radd ʿalā man Ṭaʿana fī l-Sīra) Attributed to Imām al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh, Aḥmad b. Sulaymān (d. 566/1170)
from Part II - Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
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Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Chapter 7 Introduction to Part II
- Chapter 8 The Kitāb al-Umma, or Ṣaḥīfat al-Madīna
- Chapter 9 Section on Lawful Food from al-Mabsūṭ fī Fiqh al-Imāmiyya of Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī (d. 460/1067)
- Chapter 10 ‘The Treatise of Refutation of those who Criticise [Our] Conduct’ (Kitāb al-Radd ʿalā man Ṭaʿana fī l-Sīra) Attributed to Imām al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh, Aḥmad b. Sulaymān (d. 566/1170)
- Chapter 11 Menstruating Women and Visiting the Mosque
- Chapter 12 Section on the Law of Rebellion from the Radd al-Muḥtār of Ibn ʿĀbidīn (d. 1252/1836)
- Chapter 13 Offer and Acceptance in Islamic Marriage
- Chapter 14 Treatise on Jihad and Migration
- Chapter 15 Alms Tax (Zakāt) in Shīʿī Law
- Chapter 16 A Difficult Case of Divorce
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
This chapter discusses a treatise written by the Zaydī Imam al-Mutawakkil Bi-llāh Aḥmad b. Sulaymān (r. 532-566/1137-1170) or his judge Jaʿfar b. Aḥmad b. Abī Yaḥyā b. ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 573/1177-8) defending the Imam’s conduct on a range of issues which had attracted the vocal criticism of his opponents, particular the group known as the Muṭarrifiyya. Firstly, the treatise seeks to justify hiring ‘immoral’ military forces in a just war; in this case, non-Zaydī, nominally Ismāʿīlī or Sunnī, tribal forces, against fellow Zaydīs. Secondly, the treatise seeks to justify the use of violence as means to collect the maʿūna, a type of religiously justifiable war contribution tax. Relying on non-Zaydī mercenaries against his own Zaydī subjects, and seizing the war tax by force, engendered profound disagreement, sparking off criticism that required a comprehensive response.
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