Abstract
Baber Johansen's, "The All Embracing Town And Its Mosques:
Al-Mişr al-Jāmi“", reveals a debate among the Hanafi jurists on
the legality of Friday prayer and the legal definition of a
madinah.1 Similar attention has not been given to the Mālikī
jurists or cities in the Maghrib.2 The present essay will examine
the city of Fas [madīnat Fās] as a legal concept. It results from
the legal opinion [fatwa] of the mufti of Fās, Abū al-'Abbās
Ahmad b. Yahyā al-Wansharīsī (d. 914/1508), and the opinions
of the Mäliki jurists in the Maghrib, with respect to a debate
concerning the expansion of the congregational mosque [masjid
al-jāmi'] in madīnat Fās.
Al-Mişr al-Jāmi“", reveals a debate among the Hanafi jurists on
the legality of Friday prayer and the legal definition of a
madinah.1 Similar attention has not been given to the Mālikī
jurists or cities in the Maghrib.2 The present essay will examine
the city of Fas [madīnat Fās] as a legal concept. It results from
the legal opinion [fatwa] of the mufti of Fās, Abū al-'Abbās
Ahmad b. Yahyā al-Wansharīsī (d. 914/1508), and the opinions
of the Mäliki jurists in the Maghrib, with respect to a debate
concerning the expansion of the congregational mosque [masjid
al-jāmi'] in madīnat Fās.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Al-Shajarah |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |