TY - BOOK ID - 85485051 TI - Collective liability in Islam : the 'āqila and blood-money payments PY - 2020 SN - 1108598439 110865424X 1108498647 1108580432 1108724280 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Blood money (Islamic law) KW - Dīyah (Islamic law) KW - Diyat (Islamic law) KW - Islamic law KW - Liability (Islamic law) KW - Juristic persons (Islamic law) KW - Shakhṣīyah al-iʻtibārīyah (Islamic law) KW - 'āqila UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85485051 AB - 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 evolution through medieval and post medieval Islamic law and society. Having been an essential factor in the maintenance of social order within Muslim societies, the Aqila is the intersection between legal theory and practice, between Islamic law and religion, and between Islamic law and the state. Tracing the history of the Aqila, this study reveals how religious values, state considerations and social organization have participated in shaping and reshaping this central institution, which still concerns contemporary Muslim scholars. ER -