تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study

This research attempts to elucidate the subject of tolerance of Islam with Christians of Jerusalem during the caliphate of Umar bin al-Khaṭṭāb in the light of his treaty, which is known as “Umar's Assurance to the People of “Aelia” (al-'Uhdah al-Umariyyah). This treaty expounds the rights...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Amin Said, Zana, Mustapha, Maziah
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Published: IIUM 2017
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spelling iium-648642018-07-17T04:55:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64864/ تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study Muhammad Amin Said, Zana Mustapha, Maziah BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP1 Islam BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics BP170.82 Unity of Islam BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions BP173.2 Sources of Islam BP173.65 Islam and religious liberty BP174 The Practice of Islam BP188 Islamic religious life This research attempts to elucidate the subject of tolerance of Islam with Christians of Jerusalem during the caliphate of Umar bin al-Khaṭṭāb in the light of his treaty, which is known as “Umar's Assurance to the People of “Aelia” (al-'Uhdah al-Umariyyah). This treaty expounds the rights and duties of Christians and Islamic tolerance towards them. The researcher adopts historical and inductive methods for the transmission of original texts of al-'Uhdah al-Umariyyah and elaboration of it in the light of the Quran, Ḥadith and historical facts. Likewise, the analytical method is employed for discoursing on texts and deliberating on relevant historical events. Furthermore, it distinguishes those articles of al-'Uhdah al-Umariyyah which are eligible for inference from that which are ineligible followed by discussion of differed opinions and preference of preponderant one from them conforming to the authentic maxims and rulings. This research is concluded with several significant findings and one of them is that this treaty guaranteed the preservation of personal rights of Christians of Jerusalem such as protection of their body and property, and their religious privileges. This treaty assures that they should not be forcibly converted to Islam but their churches should be protected. Moreover, it guarantees their financial rights in terms of ownership of property and its collection. This research is deemed particularly significant because it establishes the tolerance of Islam with Christians during the period of second Caliph, which is conducive to remove the misconceptions based on unproven facts among Muslims about how Caliph treated non-Muslim citizens of Islamic state. IIUM 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64864/1/tasamuh.pdf Muhammad Amin Said, Zana and Mustapha, Maziah (2017) تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study. al-Tajdid, 21 (41). pp. 79-109. ISSN 1823-1926 http://journals.iium.edu.my/at-tajdid/index.php/Tajdid/article/view/340
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topic BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BP1 Islam
BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics
BP170.82 Unity of Islam
BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions
BP173.2 Sources of Islam
BP173.65 Islam and religious liberty
BP174 The Practice of Islam
BP188 Islamic religious life
spellingShingle BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BP1 Islam
BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics
BP170.82 Unity of Islam
BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions
BP173.2 Sources of Islam
BP173.65 Islam and religious liberty
BP174 The Practice of Islam
BP188 Islamic religious life
Muhammad Amin Said, Zana
Mustapha, Maziah
تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study
description This research attempts to elucidate the subject of tolerance of Islam with Christians of Jerusalem during the caliphate of Umar bin al-Khaṭṭāb in the light of his treaty, which is known as “Umar's Assurance to the People of “Aelia” (al-'Uhdah al-Umariyyah). This treaty expounds the rights and duties of Christians and Islamic tolerance towards them. The researcher adopts historical and inductive methods for the transmission of original texts of al-'Uhdah al-Umariyyah and elaboration of it in the light of the Quran, Ḥadith and historical facts. Likewise, the analytical method is employed for discoursing on texts and deliberating on relevant historical events. Furthermore, it distinguishes those articles of al-'Uhdah al-Umariyyah which are eligible for inference from that which are ineligible followed by discussion of differed opinions and preference of preponderant one from them conforming to the authentic maxims and rulings. This research is concluded with several significant findings and one of them is that this treaty guaranteed the preservation of personal rights of Christians of Jerusalem such as protection of their body and property, and their religious privileges. This treaty assures that they should not be forcibly converted to Islam but their churches should be protected. Moreover, it guarantees their financial rights in terms of ownership of property and its collection. This research is deemed particularly significant because it establishes the tolerance of Islam with Christians during the period of second Caliph, which is conducive to remove the misconceptions based on unproven facts among Muslims about how Caliph treated non-Muslim citizens of Islamic state.
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author Muhammad Amin Said, Zana
Mustapha, Maziah
author_facet Muhammad Amin Said, Zana
Mustapha, Maziah
author_sort Muhammad Amin Said, Zana
title تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study
title_short تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study
title_full تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study
title_fullStr تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study
title_full_unstemmed تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية Tolerance of Islam in Umar Assurance: An Analytical Study
title_sort تسامُح الإسلام في العهدة العمرية: دراسة تحليلية tolerance of islam in umar assurance: an analytical study
publisher IIUM
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64864/
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