Sharīʻa and the Islamic state in 19th-century sudan : the Mahdi's legal methodology and doctrine /
The Sudanese Mahdī headed a millenarian, revivalist, reformist movement in Islam, strongly inspired by Salafī and Ṣūfī ideas, in late 19th century in an attempt to restore the Caliphate of the Prophet and "Righteous Caliphs" in Medina. As the "Successor of the Prophet", the Mahdī...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2016.
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Islam in Africa
19.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.
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Call Number: KTQ132
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction: The Mahdī's Documents as a Source of Legal History
- 1 The Mahdist State
- 2 The Mahdī's Legal Methodology
- 3 The Mahdī's Legislation
- 1 The Slave as Property and Person
- 2 Umm al-Walad Lost the Child by Her Master but Both She and the Children She Gave Birth to Fathered by Slaves Are Deemed Free in Her Master's Lifetime
- 3 A Female Slave, the Husband's Absence, Dissolution and Chastity
- 4 A Slave's Acknowledgment of Theft Is Admissible and Punishable
- 5 The Mahdī Buys Concubines and Obtains His Free Wives' Consent
- 6 Validation of the Ottoman Land Category of Mīrī
- 7 The Mahdī Proclaims a Period of Prescription of Seven Years
- 8 Obtaining Ownership through an Uninterrupted Period of Prescription
- 9 Prohibition of Lease for Rent and Agrarian Reform
- 10 Tenancy Is Permissible if Proprietor Incapable of Cultivating Land
- 11 Pledge Is Not Permissible as a Device for Circumventing Prohibition of Interest, but the Pledgee/Creditor May Deduct Expenses from the Profits
- 12 Right of Preemption Reserved Only to the Partner, Not the Neighbor
- 13 Marrying a Woman Promised to Another, Even after Consummation, Entails Dissolution and Discretionary Punishment
- 14 Prohibition for Marriage on Grounds of Fosterage Applies to All the Issue of Consanguine Brothers by Virtue of the Literal Meaning of a Ḥadīth
- 15 Marrying a Woman against Her Will or a Woman Who Does Not Share "Spiritual Communion" Is neither Permissible nor Advisable
- 16 The Mahdī as the Supreme Qāḍī Delegates to a Woman the Power to Marry off Her Daughter
- 17 The Mahdī Prescribes Maximal Rates for Ṣadāq; Deviation therefrom Entails Expropriation and Penal Sanctions
- 18 Marriage with a Fifth Wife, though Irregular, Remains Intact; Instead, One of the Lawful Wives Is to Be Divorced
- 19 The Mahdī Offers Four Wives to the Great Grandson of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib al-Bashīr
- 20 The Mahdī Marries a Fifth Wife with the Prophet's Permission
- 21 Equality among Free Wives
- 22 The Mahdī's Co-Wives Opt for an Ascetic Life and the Hereafter as a Precondition for Marriage
- 23 Joining the Mahdiyya while Leaving Husband behind Is Not Deemed Disobedience
- 24 Coercive Measures to Enforce Obedience
- 25 Disobedient Wife Compelled to Renounce Rights in Divorce
- 26 A Woman's Marriage to Another Man before Establishing Her Divorce from Her Former Husband Entails Separation and Restoration to Her First Husband
- 27 Khulʿ and Financial Liability Prior to the Mahdiyya
- 28 Wife's Right to Nuptial Gift Is Not Affected by Khulʿ Agreement in the Event of the Wife's Emigration to Mahdist Territory while Leaving Her Husband Behind
- 29 Compulsory Khulʿ of a Disobedient Wife though the Husband Is Advised to Renounce His Financial Rights
- 30 Enforced Khulʿ Following Marriage against a Woman's Consent
- 31 Khulʿ Does Not Count in the Quota for Intermediate Marriage
- 32 Taṭlīq of a Woman Married against Her Will
- 33 Dissolution on Grounds of Non-Provision of Maintenance by an Absent Husband
- 34 Taṭlīq of the Wife of an Absent Husband
- 35 Taṭlīq on Grounds of Non-Provision of Maintenance
- 36 Rescission of Marriage on Grounds of Prejudice
- 37 Rescission of Marriage on Grounds of Difference of Relig.