A fascinating fatwa I came across a while ago, asked by a man from a community of believers in Aragon, Al-Andalus to Imam al-Ramli (d. 1550) before the expulsion of Muslims.
The questioner describes their situation there "as long as they're paying a tax, they don't oppress them..
The questioner describes their situation there "as long as they're paying a tax, they don't oppress them..
or take their lives or wealth, they have mosques they pray in, they fast Ramadan, do charity and ransom prisoners of the Muslims. They uphold the boundaries of the Shariah and the Christians don't bother them in their religious obligations."
In light of that it's asked whether...
In light of that it's asked whether...
they should emigrate from there. Al-Ramli representing the classical relied upon Shafi'i ruling says that it is permissible, rather obligatory for them to reside there, for if they leave their homeland, its status will become Dar al-Kufr.
The man asking was apparently a pilgrim.
The man asking was apparently a pilgrim.
Reference:
[Shihab al-Ramli, Fatawa al-Ramli, V. 4 pp. 54-55]
I wonder if they were better off than Muslims in France today! Also, curious bc of the time period and how the Aragonese may have acted differently than the Castilians, more research is needed on past Muslim diaspora.
[Shihab al-Ramli, Fatawa al-Ramli, V. 4 pp. 54-55]
I wonder if they were better off than Muslims in France today! Also, curious bc of the time period and how the Aragonese may have acted differently than the Castilians, more research is needed on past Muslim diaspora.
@ShadiRohana Sé que no es exactamente tu campo de experiencia, pero hay una continuidad entre los mudejares y las comunidades musulmanas contemporáneas en España?
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