Al-Tabari's Book of jihād
Subtitle: a translation from the original Arabic
By: with an introduction, commentary, and notes by Yasir S. Ibrahim ; with a foreword by Yitzhak Nakash.
Contributors: Ibrahim, Yasir S., 1957-
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780773454583
Subjects: War (Islamic law); Jihad.; War -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction.
Other titles: Tabari's Book of jihad
Work titles: Ikhtilāf al-fuqahāʾ.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-401) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Yitzhak Nakash; title: Translator's introduction; title: Translation of al-Tabari's book of jihad; title: On the Prophetic tradition (Sira) of fighting disbelievers; title: On the consensus among Muslim; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists regarding the killing of disblievers' combatants unless they are given a pledge of security, embrace Islam, or are captured; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists regarding duels with the permission of the imam; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists that the Messenger of God made peace with the polytheists of Quraysh; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists that if disbelievers make peace with Muslims provided that they give the Muslims one hundred heads from their slaves, this agreement would be valid; title: On the disagreement regarding the allocation of shares in the booty for the youth, servant, slave, woman, and the protected non-Muslims; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists regarding prohibited; title: Escape from the battlefield; title: On the disagreement regarding the one who deserves God's punishment due to his escape from the battlefield and the state in which turning away from the enemy is permitted; title: On the disagreement regarding what constitutes an invalidation of the covenant of protected non-Muslims; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists regarding the observance of the whole Muslim army of the pledge of security given to disbelievers; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists that whoever enters the territory of Islam with a pledge of security should not be harmed; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists that if the one who has been given a pledge of security intends to return to the territory of war, the imam should escort him to his secure place; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists regarding the disbeliever who is given a pledge of security for him and other disbelievers who did not witness the agreement; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists regarding some of the rulings in dealing with slaves for enemy people who embrace Islam; title: On the consensus among Muslim jurists that if an enemy person.