The institution of the ‘Ulama’: origin and early development in the formative period
There is no religious hierarchy or priestly class in Islam. However, despite the absence of any church, priests and sacraments1, with the passage of time there emerged in the Muslim world a class of religious luminaries who possessed legislative, social and political authority. These scholars or rel...
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University of Peshawar
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/2690/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2690/1/gilani_2010v1.pdf |