Treatise on Jihad and Migration

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Chapter 14 - Treatise on Jihad and Migration

al-Risāla al-Sharīfa of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Thughūrī (d. 1299/1882)

from Part II - Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024

Magomed Gizbulaev

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Omar Anchassi and

Robert Gleave

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Omar Anchassi: Affiliation:
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Robert Gleave: Affiliation:
University of Exeter

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This chapter discusses the obligation of Muslims to migrate (i.e. hijra) from territories ruled by non-Muslims to those that constitute part of Muslim territory (the Dār al-Islām) in the context of the expansion of the Russian Empire into Caucasia in the late nineteenth century CE. Specifically, it focuses on al-Risāla al-Sharīfa of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Thughūrī (d. 1299/1882), who argues in favour of the obligation to migrate, citing various incidents from the early history of Islam as evidence. The Russian annexation of Dagestan, Chechnya in 1859 and the subsequent conquest of the whole territory of Circassia in 1864 brought large Muslim populations under Russian rule. Faced with changes to the operation of Islamic legal institutions and not inconsiderable persecution, Caucasian Muslim jurists sought to address the question of Muslims’ status as subjects of a powerful non-Muslim state.

Keywords

Migration (hijra)Abode of Islam (Dār al-Islām)Abode of unbelief/war (Dar al-kufr/ḥarb)Jihād

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Information: Islamic Law in Context
A Primary Source Reader
, pp. 155 - 161

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031783.017 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2024

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