Abstract
The Māliki madhhab remains an indispensable component of the
study of the social, cultural and urban history of medieval
Maghrib. The habitat of the Maghrib, a large geographic foci, has
always been germane to custom ('urf), legal practice ('amal), and
the valued opinion (ifta) of the jurist (mufti). The key aspect of
this paper is a legal discourse among Māliki jurists; it concerns
the formulae inherent in the mufti's reasoning and the manner in
which his opinion sanctions the accuracy of the qibla. Using the
debate, I explore the mufti's interpretation of what is understood
by the term the inclination of the direction of the qibla (inhiraf
al-qibla).
study of the social, cultural and urban history of medieval
Maghrib. The habitat of the Maghrib, a large geographic foci, has
always been germane to custom ('urf), legal practice ('amal), and
the valued opinion (ifta) of the jurist (mufti). The key aspect of
this paper is a legal discourse among Māliki jurists; it concerns
the formulae inherent in the mufti's reasoning and the manner in
which his opinion sanctions the accuracy of the qibla. Using the
debate, I explore the mufti's interpretation of what is understood
by the term the inclination of the direction of the qibla (inhiraf
al-qibla).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Al-Shajarah |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |