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The fatwā as an instrument of the Islamization of a tribal society in process of sedentarization

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1991-01, Vol.54 (3), p.449-459 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 1991 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ;1993 INIST-CNRS ;ISSN: 0041-977X ;EISSN: 1474-0699 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0041977X00000811

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  • Title:
    The fatwā as an instrument of the Islamization of a tribal society in process of sedentarization
  • Author: Layish, Aharon
  • Subjects: Arbitration ; Contracts ; Divorce ; Divorce law ; Husbands ; Islamic law ; Legal documents ; Muslims ; Oaths ; Tribal societies
  • Is Part Of: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1991-01, Vol.54 (3), p.449-459
  • Description: The fatwā is the legal opinion of a jurist not institutionalized in the classical sense: it is intended to elucidate, at the request of an inquirer, the position as to a legal issue; it is not binding on the inquirer or anyone else; unlike the judgement of a qāḍī , it is not enforceable. The fatwā that is the object of this paper belongs to a collection of legal documents gathered from tribal arbitrators in the Judean Desert and from the archives of sharī‘a courts. Those documents deal with various legal matters: personal status, torts (homicide and assault), contracts and property, land, etc.; most date from the twentieth century and some from the last quarter of the nineteenth. The collection has been used in research on the Islamization of tribal society in the Judean Desert in process of sedentarization.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English;Arabic
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0041-977X
    EISSN: 1474-0699
    DOI: 10.1017/S0041977X00000811
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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