Alms For Jihad

Fayzee, Asaf: PILLARS OF ISLAM: DA'A'IM AL-ISLAM OF AL-QADI AL-NUMAN, New Delhi Oxford India 2002
ISBN: 0195655354 Very Good

The Da 'a' im al-Islam, composed by al-Qadi al-Nu'man around the year 349/960, was the official code of the Fatimid State. It was commissioned by the Fatimid caliph al Mu'izz li-Din Allah, both for the use of the State as well as the Isma'ili community. Imam al-Mu'izz scrutinized the entire work chapter by chapter and section by section. It is therefore not surprising that the text is considered by the Musta'li-Tayyibi Bohras as the greatest authority on Isma'ili law upto the present day and it remains a source of supreme authority in their legal matters. Courts in the subcontinent also apply it in personal and family matters as the Isma'ili law manual. Al-Qadi al-Nu'man served the first four Fatimid caliphs successively in various capacities. He reached the apogee of his career during the reign of Imam al-Mu'izz; he was elevated to the highest judicial office in the Fatimid Empire. He was authorized by the caliph to conduct the 'wisdom sessions' every Friday, to instruct the congregation on the religious sciences of the da 'wa. The Pillars of Islam is the first authoritative English translation of the Da 'a'im. This first volume discusses faith, devotion, ritual purity, prayer, funerals, alms tax, fasting, pilgrimage, and jihad. The second volume deals with a wide range of subjects such as food, dress, medicine, oaths, hunting, ritual slaughter, business transactions, marriage, divorce, inheritance, criminal punishments, etc. In preparation for many years and long awaited, this book will be invaluable for lawyers and judges who so far had only secondary sources or local translators to depend on. It will also be immensely useful for scholars of religion and socio-legal studies. Contents: -Editor's introduction Prologue 1. On faith (Iman) 2. The book of Walaya 3. The book of ritual purity (Tahara) 4. The book of ritual prayer (Salat) 5. The book of funerals (Jana'iz) 6. The book of Zakat (Alms tax) 7. The book of fasting and I'tikaf 8. The book of pilgrimage 9. The book of Jihad. pp. xxxiii + 558, Biblio. , Glossory, Index, Size 23cm. Very Good Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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