Significant development of the concept of ahl-dhimmah on religious rights in early Islamic state
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
This article aims to explain the effect of historical development in the early Islamic history regarding to treatment of plural society on religious rights. This issue is not a new issue since as early as the formation of the Islamic state of Medina, communities of different religions have already existed. Therefore, to understand the model of managing the affairs of non-Muslim religious beliefs through the historical lens of the Prophet Muḥammad PBUH and the Ṣaḥabah RAH have become important for the ummah. This research is library research using a historical approach to obtain data, drawing upon Islamic sources, i.e. the Holy Qur’ān, the Prophetic Traditions and selected opinions of Muslim scholars to explore the conceptual framework that Muslim jurists develop their ruling with regard to issue encounter Muslim and non-Muslims affairs. Then for conducting analysis, a descriptive and analytical approach based on selected themes was used. As a result, this study shows that the combination of the guidance of Wahy and the contract signed by the Prophet Muhammad PBUH and the Ṣaḥabah RAH with ahl-Dhimmi in several occasion have significance effects on development of religious rights rule. However, ceasefire agreement between the Caliphc Umar al-Khattab and non-Muslims named Syurūṭc Umariyyah gave inspiration for Muslim jurist to provide a social conduct of religious rights for non-Muslims through genre Islamic jurisprudence later on. © 2022, Academy of Islamic Studies, Dept of Islamic History and Civilization, University of Malaya. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Ahl-Dhimmah, Non-muslims, Religious rights, Syurūṭc Umariyyah
Divisions
Syariyyah
Funders
None
Publication Title
Journal of Al-Tamaddun
Volume
17
Issue
2
Publisher
Dept of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Additional Information
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