⚖️Islamic Governance & Judiciary
Al-Ghayathi, the relief of nations in the midst of injustice
الغياثي غياث الأمم في التياث الظلم
Author: عبد الملك بن عبد الله بن يوسف بن محمد الجويني، أبو المعالي، ركن الدين، الملقب بإمام الحرمين (المتوفى: 478هـ) (d. 478)
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غياث الأمم في التياث الظلم» هو مؤلف للشيخ أبو المعالي الجويني يندرج تحت تصنيف السياسة الشرعية والقضاء، ويتناول فيه مسألة الإمامة كقضية شرعية وإدارية، مستعرضاً أركانها من وجوب نصب الأئمة إلى شروط اختيارهم وخصائصهم. يشرح الكتاب أوجه الإمامة من حيث النصوص والآراء الفقهية، ويعرض تفاصيل الصفات المطلوبة في القادة، إضافة إلى أحكام الخلع والانخلاع عند وقوع الفسوق أو فقد الحواس. يختتم المؤلف ببيان خلاصة الأحكام المتعلقة بإزالة الإمام الفاسق أو المعيق، مستنداً إلى استدلالات شرعية ومناقشات فقهية.
Translation
Ghayāt al-Umām fi Tayāt al-Zālm is a book by Sheikh Abu al-Ma’ali al-Juwayni that falls under the classification of Sharia politics and judiciary, in which it deals with the issue of the imamate as a legal and administrative issue, reviewing its pillars from the necessity of appointing imams to the conditions of their selection and characteristics. The book explains the aspects of imamate in terms of jurisprudential texts and opinions, and presents details of the qualities required in leaders, in addition to the rulings on khula and khula when immorality occurs or loss of the senses. The author concludes by stating a summary of the rulings related to the removal of an immoral or obstructive imam, based on legal inferences and jurisprudential discussions.
Topics covered
- Helping nations in the midst of injustice
- Author's introduction
- The first pillar is the book of Imamate
- Ruling on appointing an imam
- Chapter Two: On the authorities that appoint the Imamate and require leadership
- A chapter on what is said in the text and the ruling on its confirmation or denial
- The opinion of the Imamis
- Zaidi opinion
- Responding to those who say the text repeatedly and individually
- If there had been a script, it would have appeared on the day of the shed
- Consensus in itself is not an argument
- Choosing an imam
- The introduction to the chapter explains the reason for the confusion and confusion regarding the subject of Imamate
- The first chapter is about the character of people of choice
- The second chapter mentions a number of mechanisms for choosing and contracting
- The fourth chapter is about the characteristics of the imam who is the ruler of the people of Islam
- Necessary qualities
- Acquired qualities that are taken into account in the Imamate
- Chapter on the requirement of Imami sects for the infallibility of the imam
- Chapter Five includes the removal and removal of imams
- Matters affecting dislocation and dislocation
- If the imam continues to disobey and spread aggression
- The ruling on defending a defiant imam
- Dismissal if the imam is imprisoned or captured
- The final ruling is if the imam loses any of the necessary senses
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الفخري في الآداب السلطانية والدول الإسلامية