Collective liability in Islam : the 'āqila and blood-money payments / Nurit Tsafrir.

Offering the first close study of the Aqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments on behalf of a member who committed an accidental homicide, Nurit Tsafrir analyses the group's transformation from a pre-Islamic custom to an institution of the Shari'a, and its further evolut...

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Main Author: Tsafrir, Nurit, 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108654241
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