Minding their place : : space and religious hierarchy in Ibn al-Qayyim's Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma / / Antonia Bosanquet.

• Superior document: History of Christian-Muslim Relations ; Volume 42
• VerfasserIn: Bosanquet, Antonia,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: History of Christian-Muslim relations ; Volume 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Antonia Bosanquet’s Minding Their Place is the first full-length study of Ibn al-Qayyim’s (d. 751/1350) collection of rulings relating to non-Muslim subjects, Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma . It offers a detailed study of the structure, content and authorial method of the work, arguing that it represents the author’s personal composition rather than a synthesis of medieval rulings, as it has often been understood. On this basis, Antonia Bosanquet analyses how Ibn al-Qayyim’s presentation of rulings in Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma uses space to convey his view of religious hierarchy. She considers his answer to the question of whether non-Muslims have a place in the Abode of Islam, how this is defined and how his definition contributes to Ibn al-Qayyim’s broader theological world-view.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Part I. Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma: Text and Content: 1. Author, Text and Reception -- 2. Historical Background -- 3. Literary Precedents -- 4. Structure and Method -- Part II. Space in Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma: 5. Separate Space -- 6. The Relational Space of Personal Interaction -- 7. The Relational Space of Public Performance -- 8. The Contested Space of Non-Muslim Children -- Conclusion: Space, Religious Difference and Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma -- Bibliography.