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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778717703321

Autore

Sachedina Abdulaziz Abdulhussein <1942->

Titolo

The just ruler (al-sultān al-adil) in Shīite Islam : the comprehensive authority of the jurist in Imamite jurisprudence / / Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988

ISBN

0-19-773982-2

0-19-535329-3

0-585-32548-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 281 pages)

Disciplina

297.61

Soggetti

Islam and state

Temporal power of religious rulers

Shīʻah - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Deputyship of the ShĪ'ite Imams; 2. The Imamite Jurists, Leaders of the imāmiyya; 3. The Imamite Theory of Political Authority; 4. The Deputyship of Jurists in wilāyat al-qadā' (Administration of Juridical Authority); 5. The Comprehensive wilāya of the Jurists; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: The Imam's Share in the Fifth (al-khums) during the Occultation; Glossary; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the revolution of 1978-79, the Islamic regime has justified its rule on the basis of the doctrine of ""righteous jurist"". The author of this study shows this concept to have no parallel in Sunni Islam and seeks its origins in the Sunni/Shi'ite schism following the death of the Prophet.