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 8 - The Kitāb al-Umma, or Ṣaḥīfat al-Madīna
from Part II - Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
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 and translates the Kitāb al-Umma or Ṣaḥīfat al-Madīna, also known as the ‘Umma-document’ or the ‘Constitution of Medina,’ exploring its place in modern historiography and in particular its controversial possible implications for the study of the emergence of Islam as a distinct religious tradition. The Kitāb al-Umma is one of the oldest documentary sources of Islamic history, and its historicity is almost universally accepted in modern scholarship. The Kitāb belongs to the period shortly after the migration (hijra) of the Prophet to Medina, specifically to c. 1/622, when the Prophet concluded a series of treaties between the Emigrants (muhājirūn), the Helpers (anṣār), and the main Arab and Jewish tribes of Medina, to establish one Umma, ‘a community of believers.’
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- Islamic Law in ContextA Primary Source Reader, pp. 86 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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