Description
Stoning as Punishment in Early Islam explores some of the contingencies that contributed to the process by which death by lapidation (rajm)-stoning-became a standard punishment for illicit sexual intercourse (zina) for certain schools in the Islamic legal tradition. Syed Atif Rizwan explores stoning through a critical examination of the transmission history and textual content of key hadith, as well as a review of procedural and substantive laws relating to zina. Rizwan offers analysis of key historical texts and legal rulebooks to provide insights into the development of dogma that later became orthodox. In addition to providing an overview of the development of Islamic law and jurisprudence for the stoning punishment, this book offers new insights into the development of Islamic criminal law and the role of historical context in the shaping of legal rulings.
Table of Contents
IntroductionChapter 1: Zina-Stoning, HADITH, and LAW Section 1. The Prohibition of Zina Section 2. Zina-Stoning Cases and Law Section 3. Non-virginity and ihsan as Legal Elements for Zina-Stoning Section 4. The Exegetical Tradition and Zina-StoningChapter 2: What Does the Torah Say? The Stoning of Jewish Zin? Offenders Section 1. The Qur'an, Jewish Communities in Medina, and the Rabbinic Legal Tradition Section 2. Hadith by the Companion Jabir b. Samura (d. 74/693, Kufa and Medina) Section 3. Hadith by the Companion al-Bara' b. 'Azib b. al-Harith (d. c. 72/691, Kufa and Medina) Section 4. Hadith by the Companion Jabir b. 'Abd Allah (d. 78/697, Baghdad, Egypt, Medina, and Syria) Section 4.1 Reports on the authority of Abu Zubayr (d. 128/746, Mecca and Medina) Section 4.2 Reports on the authority of al-Sha'bi (d. c. 105/723, Hamdan, Kufa, and Syria) Section 5. Hadith by the Companion 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar (d. 74/693, Medina) Section 5.1 Reports on the authority of Nafi' (d. c. 117/735, Egypt and Medina) Mawla Ibn 'Umar) Section 5.1.1 Malik b. Anas (d. 179/795, Medina) Section 5.1.2 Ayyub b. Kaysan al-Sakhtiyani (d. 131/749, Basra and Medina) Section 5.1.3 Musa b. 'Uqba (d. c. 141/748, Medina) Section 5.1.4 Other Students of Nafi' Section 5.1.5 Nafi' mawla Ibn 'Umar (d. c. 117/735, Egypt and Medina) Section 5.2 'Abd Allah b. Dinar (d. 127/745, Medina) - Ibn 'Umar Section 5.3 Zayd b. Aslam (d. 140/757, Medina) - Ibn 'Umar Section 6. Hadith by the Companion Abu Hurayra (d. c. 58/677, Mecca, Medina, and Yemen) Section 7. A Brief Excursus Section 8. The PJZO hadith in TafsirsChapter 3: The Islamization of the Stoning Punishment (Part 1): The Self-Confessing Woman Section 1.1. Reports by the Companion 'Imran b. Husayn (d. c. 53/672, Basra, Kufa, Medina, and Syria) The unidentified self-confessing woman Section 1.2. The self-confessing woman from the tribe of Juhayna Section 2. Reports by the Companion Burayda b. al-Husayb (d. 63/683, Basra, Khurasan, Marw, Mecca, Medina, and Syria) Section 2.1 Versions on the authority of 'Abd Allah b. Burayda Section 2.2. Reports on the authority of Sulayman b. Burayda (d. 105/723, Basra and Marw) Section 3. Reports by the Companion Abu Bakra Nufay' b. al-Harith al-Thaqafi (d. c. 55/674, Basra and Syria) Section 4. The Companions 'Imran b. Husayn, Burada b. al-Husayb, and Abu BakraChapter 4: The Islamization of the Stoning Punishment (Part 2): The Politics of 'Umar b. al-Khatta Section 1. 'Umar, Zina, and Stoning Section 2. The Politics of 'Umar Section 3. Reports attributed to the Companion 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas (d. 68/687) 3.1. Reports on the Authority of 'Ubayd Allah b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Utba b. Mas'ud 3.2. Reports on the Authority of Yusuf b. Mihran (d. c. 109/727) Section 4. Reports Attributed to Sa'id b. al-Musayyab (d. c. 94/712)Conclusion
