Dar al-Sulh

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Dar al-Sulh is a classical Islamic legal concept denoting territories outside direct Muslim rule that maintain peaceful relations with Muslim lands through treaties or truces.

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Dar al-Ahd 2
Dar al-Sulh canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal concept
classical Islamic jurisprudence term
appliesIn context of inter-state relations
appliesTo non-Muslim states with formal peace agreements with Muslim authorities
condition existence of a valid treaty or truce with Muslim authority
contrastedWith Dar al-Harb
Dar al-Islam
describes non-Muslim territories with peace treaties with Muslims
territories outside direct Muslim rule
distinguishedFrom territories in a state of war with Muslims
territories under direct Muslim sovereignty
etymology Arabic term meaning “abode of truce” or “abode of reconciliation”
field Islamic law
fiqh
goal maintenance of peaceful coexistence
regulation of warfare and peace with non-Muslim entities
hasAlternativeName Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages)
hasCharacteristic based on treaty or truce
peaceful relations with Muslim lands
hasConceptualOpposite permanent state of war (Dar al-Harb)
hasLanguage Arabic
hasNormativeStatus permissible arrangement in Islamic law
hasPerspective viewed as intermediate category between Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb by some jurists
hasScope public law rather than private law
hasSubject status of non-Muslim polities
war and peace in Islam
implies recognition of mutual rights and obligations under treaty
suspension of active hostilities
influencedBy Quranic and prophetic teachings on treaties and peace
legalBasis treaties (sulh) between Muslim and non-Muslim polities
truces (hudna) between Muslim and non-Muslim polities
partOf Islamic international law
siyar
regulates relations between Muslim polities and treaty-bound non-Muslim polities
relatedConcept Dar al-Sulh self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dar al-Ahd

aman
hudna
sulh
requires mutual consent of contracting parties
observance of treaty terms by both sides
studiedIn Islamic legal theory
Islamic political thought
timePeriod classical period of Islamic jurisprudence
usedBy classical Muslim jurists

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Dar al-Islam contrastedWith Dar al-Sulh
Dar al-Islam contrastedWith Dar al-Sulh
this entity surface form: Dar al-Ahd
Dar al-Harb contrastedWith Dar al-Sulh
Dar al-Sulh relatedConcept Dar al-Sulh self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dar al-Ahd