Offending Heaven and Earth: Sin and Expiation in Islamic Homicide Law

Abstract The Qur'ān clearly condemns homicide and assigns the freeing of a slave to any who kill accidentally. Classical fiqh manuals, however, display a remarkable range of responses to and disagreements about this dictate. Many jurists hold that freeing a slave here is an instance of kaffāra...

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Main Author: Powers, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2007
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2007, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-80
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