Introduction When a latecomer joins the congregational prayer in the middle, is he praying the last part of his ṣalāt with the imam (adraka ākhir ṣalātih) before being required to repay the first part that he had missed; or, is he beginning his ṣalāt regardless of where the imam is (adraka awwal ṣalātih)? Put another … Continue reading “We do not say as the fools do”: How the Imāmī corpus Preserves ʿAlī’s Position on the Latecomer to the Congregation →

Introduction Qāḍī Abū Yūsuf, the famous student of Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150) who went on to become the chief judge of the Abbasid empire, has a small section in his important work Kitāb al-Kharāj where he collects historical reports concerning the distribution of the six portions of khums as mentioned in the relevant verse of … Continue reading The Historical Controversy over Khums as Depicted in an Early Work: The Kitāb al-Kharāj of the Qāḍī Abū Yūsuf (d. 182) →

Introduction A key verse setting out the prohibition on hunting during the Hajj and its attendant penalty is given below: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ وَمَن قَتَلَهُ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاءٌ مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ O you who believe, do not kill game while you are … Continue reading Did the Imams Recite Q. 5:95 in a Different Way? →