Kitab al-Kharaj
E614516
Kitab al-Kharaj is a foundational early Islamic treatise on taxation, fiscal policy, and public finance that significantly influenced the development of Islamic economic and legal thought.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic economic treatise
ⓘ
Islamic legal treatise ⓘ fiqh work ⓘ taxation treatise ⓘ |
| aim |
define rights and duties of rulers and taxpayers
ⓘ
prevent injustice in taxation ⓘ regulate state revenue in accordance with Sharia ⓘ |
| concerns |
distribution of public funds
ⓘ
justice in revenue collection ⓘ relationship between state and taxpayers ⓘ |
| describedAs |
early systematic treatment of Islamic taxation
ⓘ
foundational work on Islamic public finance ⓘ |
| field | Islamic public law (siyar) and fiscal law ⓘ |
| genre | fiqh al-muamalat ⓘ |
| hasPart |
discussion of land ownership and cultivation
ⓘ
discussion of public treasury (bayt al-mal) ⓘ discussion of war booty and spoils (fay, ghanima) ⓘ ethical constraints on taxation ⓘ guidelines for governors and tax officials ⓘ limits on arbitrary exactions ⓘ protection of non-Muslim subjects (dhimmis) ⓘ rules on collection of jizya ⓘ rules on collection of kharaj ⓘ rules on collection of zakat ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Abbasid era ⓘ |
| impact |
provided legal framework for Abbasid fiscal administration
ⓘ
shaped classical Islamic views on state finance ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic economic thought
ⓘ
Islamic legal theory on taxation ⓘ later jurists on fiscal matters ⓘ later manuals of hisba and governance ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Islamic taxation
ⓘ
fiscal policy in early Islam ⓘ jizya ⓘ land tax (kharaj) ⓘ limits of state authority in taxation ⓘ public expenditure in Islam ⓘ public finance in Islam ⓘ rights of taxpayers ⓘ state revenues in Islam ⓘ zakat ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference for fiscal policy in Islamic governance ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Islamic administrators
ⓘ
Muslim jurists ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.