Petition from a captive wife (1853)

By Rozaliya Garipova[1] Mahibädär ‘Abdurrakhman qizi sent a petition to the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly (hereafter the OA) on December 12, 1852. The OA received the report on the 20th … Continue reading Petition from a captive wife (1853)

Married but not Married (1861)

By Rozaliya Garipova[1] In the previous case we saw that the two sides negotiated a marital contract but since the side of the groom could not pay the appointed mahr, … Continue reading Married but not Married (1861)

Married Before Marriage (1853)

By Rozaliya Garipova[1] On October 15, 1853, akhund[2] ‘Izzatullah ‘Abdulaziz ughli[3] prepared a report to the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly[4] (hereafter the OA) after hearing the testimonies of all the … Continue reading Married Before Marriage (1853)

Mahr (Dower) in the Volga-Ural Muslim Community in Nineteenth Century Russia: Introduction

By Rozaliya Garipova In my series of essays this month, I will analyze three cases involving disputes over dower (mahr) in which Muslims of the Volga-Ural region in the Russian … Continue reading Mahr (Dower) in the Volga-Ural Muslim Community in Nineteenth Century Russia: Introduction

What else can we learn from the manuscript of al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ?

By Adam DeSchriver, Ammar Farra, Henry Stratakis-Allen and Ahmed El Shamsy The preceding essays describe various aspects of the only surviving complete manuscript of al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ. We … Continue reading What else can we learn from the manuscript of al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ?

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Real estate and business fixed assets in the early Islamic economy from a Zakah perspective" (International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Legal language in al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

By Raza Baqai, Zainab Hermes and Ahmed El Shamsy Previous studies of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ have relied primarily on the recension of Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā al-Laythī (d. 234/848) to understand Mālik’s … Continue reading Legal language in al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Dynamics of Islamic Law in Indonesia During the Reformation Period" (Marga: Journal of Innovation and Creativity 1, no. 1 (2024)), Wildan Habib Azhari (Universitas … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ: Paths and vectors of transmission

By Kainat Jalaluddin, Yousef Aly Wahb, Hamza Baig and Ahmed El Shamsy Shuhda In the year 490/1096, an eight-year-old girl named Shuhda accompanied her father, the renowned ḥadīth expert Abū … Continue reading Al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ: Paths and vectors of transmission

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Legitimating Sultanic Rule in Arabic, Turkish and Persian—Late Mamluk Rulers as Authors of Religious Poetry" (in Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World, eds., … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup