Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya: Translation and Analysis

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"Proto-Salafist" 14th-century theologian Ibn Taymiyya is recognized as the intellectual forefather of contemporary Salafism and Jihadism. This volume offers a unique approach to the study of Ibn Taymiyya, by offering an English translation of his fundamental political treatise, The Office of Islamic Government, and shorter collections from The Collected Fatwas and The Prophetic Way, and Islamic Governance in Reconciling between the Ruler and the Ruled. The volume not only sheds light on these primary sources through translation and annotation, but also offers a theoretical analysis of Ibn Taymiyya’s thought and how his legal views can be reconciled with current trends in Islamic political theory. The analysis provides an overview of Ibn Taymiyya’s geopolitical context, and includes an original study of his normative political thought. In examining the contemporary implications of Ibn Taymiyya’s political theology, the authors explore his doctrine of the Islamic state in the context of Islamic decolonial theory. Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya will appeal to academics in the fields of political science and religious studies, particularly within the field of Islamic history. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Notes 2. The Works: Their Author, and Significance 2.1 Ibn Taymiyya: Life, Personality, and Family History 2.2 Context of Ibn Taymiyya's Political Writing: Theological and Geopolitical 2.2.1 Historical Review of the Geopolitical Circumstances 2.2.2 Ibn Taymiyya's Jihad against the Mongols and Takfīr 2.2.3 Ibn Taymiyya's Position on Monarchy vis-à-vis Sunnī-Shiʿite Debates 2.3 Issues Concerning Interpretation and Translation 2.3.1 Ibn Taymiyya's Works and Writing Style 2.3.2 Editions of the Manuscripts and Style of Translation Notes Part II: The Translation 3. The Office of Islamic Government 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Departments of the Islamic State and the Ordering of Good and Prohibition of Evil 3.3 The Liabilities of the Religious Authority 3.4 Duties of the Religious Authority II: Sharecropping 3.5 Deception and Fraud in Religious Matters 3.6 Punishments in Islamic Law 3.7 Minor Monetary Punishments 3.8 Destruction and Confiscation as Punishments 3.9 Reward and Punishment Notes 4. Ordering Good and Prohibiting Evil 4.1 On Ordering Good and Prohibiting Evil 4.1.1 There are three types of people 4.2 On the Value of Good and Bad Deeds Notes 5. The Compiled Fatwas, the Prophetic Way against the Shiʿites, and "Islamic Governance" on the Importance of Islamic Government 5.1 On Caliphate, Monarchy, and Fighting Rebels 5.2 The Obligation of Obedience 5.3 Caliphate versus Monarchy 5.4 War Against Those Who Rebel Against God and the Mardin Fatwa 5.5 On the Shiʿites' Political Theology 5.6 Islamic Governance in Reconciling between the Ruler and the Ruled Notes Part III: Analysis 6. Analysis and Comparison of Ibn Taymiyya's Political Thought and the Feasibility of the Islamic State 6.1 The Texts and Main Questions 6.2 Survey of Secondary Literature 6.3 Normative Political Ideology in Ibn Taymiyya's Theory of the Caliphate 6.4 Fault-Lines and Logical Discontinuity in Ibn Tamyiyya: Civil War and the First Century of Islam 6.5 Reconciling between Sharīʿa, Legal Legitimacy, and Rebellion 6.6 Ibn Taymiyya's Idealism Notes 7. The Caliphate and the Nation-State: Navigating Ibn Taymiyya in a (post-) Modern World 7.1 The Main Questions: Approaching Islam and the Modern State 7.2 Obstacles to the Islamic State: Muslim-Majority States in the Neo-Colonial Context 7.2.1 Identity Crisis: The Creation of Artificial Identities in the Secular State 7.2.2 Sovereignty and the Law 7.2.3 Sovereignty and Territoriality 7.3 Islamic Epistemology as the Foundation of the Global Caliphate 7.3.1 Islamic Epistemology, Sovereignty, and Identity 7.3.2 Objections to Islamic Epistemology: Islamic Sovereignty as a Modern Concept 7.3.3 Islamic Sovereignty: State Authority and Territoriality 7.3.4 Sovereignty and Popular Will 7.3.5 The Caliphate and Religious Identity 7.4 Towards a Rightly Guided Caliphate Notes Glossary of Frequently Used Terms Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index