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  • 4 - The Dīwān Innovation in Umayyad Practice

  • from Part II - The Contribution of the State Administration
  • Nurit Tsafrir, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book:
    Collective Liability in Islam
    Published online:
    19 December 2019
    Print publication:
    16 January 2020, pp 44-50

  • Summary

    This chapter describes how, shortly after the advent of Islam, the ultimate responsibility for blood-money payment was transferred to state administration, and how the method of payment was modified accordingly. With a view to assisting the ruler supervising the payments, the Umayyads regulated that instead of direct payment by the ‘āqila, the injured party were to receive their dues from money deducted from the annual stipends to which the ‘āqila members were entitled by virtue of their being registered in the military dīwān, the Muslim army. The introduction of this Umayyad innovation by the caliph Mu‘awiyya is presented, as well as historical evidence of its actual practice throughout the Umayyad empire.