Between Implementation and Legislation: The Shiʿi Imam Muḥammad al-Jawād’s Khums Demand Letter of 220 ah/835 ce
Abstract The Imami Shiʿa are usually treated as a community defined by belief. By analysing a letter attributed to the ninth Imami Imam, Muḥammad al-Jawād dated to the year of his death in 220/835, I show that the Imami Shiʿa were defined also by institutional structures that tied them to their Imam...
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 382-414 |
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B Administration B Imam B Shiʿa B Letters B ghanīma B khums B Tax |
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