Collective Liability In Islam: The 'Aqila And Blood Money Payments

Offering the first close analysis of the 'Aqila, a group jointly liable for blood money payments on behalf of its members, this study traces the transformation of this important institution from pre-Islamic custom to the Shari'a, and follows its further re-shaping through the modern period, in relation to Islamic religion, state, and society.

• | By (Author): Nurit (Tel-Aviv University) Tsafrir
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 24, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 189 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108724280
• | ISBN-13: 9781108724289