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181: 238: 68:, non-qadi courts expanded their jurisdiction to commercial and family law, running in parallel with sharia courts and dispensing with some formalities prescribed by fiqh. Further developments of the doctrine attempted to resolve this tension between statecraft and jurisprudence. In later times it has been employed to justify legal changes made by the state in view of 19:(سياسة) is an Arabic term associated with political authority. In pre-modern Islamic literature it was used to refer to statecraft and management of the affairs of the state. This usage has given rise to the sense of "politics" that the word has in modern Arabic. In classical Islamic works of Greek-influenced political theory, such as 43:. The phrase refers to the doctrine, sometimes called the political dimension of Islamic law, which was elaborated in the late medieval period in an attempt to harmonize Islamic law with the practical demands of statecraft. The doctrine emphasized the religious purpose of political authority and advocated non- 47:
application of Islamic law if required by expedience and utilitarian considerations. It first emerged in response to the difficulties raised by the strict procedural requirements of Islamic law, which rejected circumstantial evidence and insisted on witness testimony, making criminal convictions
54:(sharia judges). In response, Islamic jurists permitted greater procedural latitude in limited circumstances, such as adjudicating grievances against state officials in the 72:, as long as they are not contrary to sharia. It was invoked by Ottoman rulers to promulgate a body of administrative, criminal, and economic laws known as 298: 117:
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156: 27:, the term refers to a branch of philosophy that studies the art of managing a polity. In Sunni Islamic jurisprudence ( 272: 65: 215: 265: 308: 208: 152: 249: 192: 101: 122: 44: 87: 292: 126: 180: 74: 20: 60:
courts administered by the ruler's council and application of "corrective"
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90: – Sum of the legal norms in court procedures 39:, which literally means governance according to 48:difficult to obtain in courts presided over by 273: 216: 8: 280: 266: 223: 209: 109: 64:for petty offenses. However, under the 7: 234: 232: 177: 175: 151:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 299:Arabic words and phrases in Sharia 252:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 195:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 33:), the term appears in the phrase 14: 236: 179: 127:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1096 1: 147:. In Stanley N. Katz (ed.). 325: 304:History of law enforcement 231: 174: 62:discretionary punishments 143:Yossef Rapoport (2009). 164:(subscription required) 132:(subscription required) 121:(2nd ed.). Brill. 191:-related article is a 119:Encyclopaedia of Islam 25:al-Siyasa al-Madaniyya 261: 260: 204: 203: 316: 282: 275: 268: 240: 233: 225: 218: 211: 183: 176: 166: 165: 162: 140: 134: 133: 130: 114: 66:Mamluk sultanate 36:siyasa shar'iyya 324: 323: 319: 318: 317: 315: 314: 313: 289: 288: 287: 286: 230: 229: 172: 170: 169: 163: 159: 142: 141: 137: 131: 116: 115: 111: 97: 84: 70:public interest 12: 11: 5: 322: 320: 312: 311: 306: 301: 291: 290: 285: 284: 277: 270: 262: 259: 258: 241: 228: 227: 220: 213: 205: 202: 201: 184: 168: 167: 157: 135: 108: 107: 106: 105: 96: 93: 92: 91: 88:Procedural law 83: 80: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 321: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 296: 294: 283: 278: 276: 271: 269: 264: 263: 257: 255: 251: 248:article is a 247: 246:Islam-related 242: 239: 235: 226: 221: 219: 214: 212: 207: 206: 200: 198: 194: 190: 185: 182: 178: 173: 160: 158:9780195134056 154: 150: 146: 139: 136: 128: 124: 120: 113: 110: 103: 99: 98: 94: 89: 86: 85: 81: 79: 77: 76: 71: 67: 63: 59: 58: 53: 52: 46: 42: 38: 37: 32: 31: 26: 22: 18: 254:expanding it 243: 197:expanding it 186: 171: 148: 138: 118: 112: 73: 55: 49: 35: 34: 28: 24: 16: 15: 293:Categories 95:References 309:Law stubs 45:formalist 21:al-Farabi 82:See also 102:Page 91 57:mazalim 155:  41:sharia 17:Siyasa 244:This 187:This 75:qanun 51:qadis 250:stub 193:stub 153:ISBN 30:fiqh 189:law 123:doi 23:'s 295:: 78:. 281:e 274:t 267:v 256:. 224:e 217:t 210:v 199:. 161:. 129:. 125:: 104:.

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al-Farabi
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qadis
mazalim
discretionary punishments
Mamluk sultanate
public interest
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