Allah and His Messenger (as a legal designation for public authority)
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"Allah and His Messenger (as a legal designation for public authority)" is a Qurʾanic legal term denoting the central Islamic public treasury or state authority that administers and disposes of certain categories of wealth, such as non-battle war gains, on behalf of the Muslim community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allah and His Messenger (as a legal designation for public authority) canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal concept
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Qurʾanic legal term ⓘ designation of public authority ⓘ |
| administers |
certain categories of public wealth
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fayʾ (non-fighting spoils) ⓘ non-battle war gains ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Qurʾan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | wealth belonging to the Muslim community ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic constitutional theory
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Islamic fiscal law ⓘ Islamic public finance ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic public law terminology
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Qurʾanic legal expressions ⓘ |
| continuesIn | later Islamic legal doctrine on public property ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | private ownership of individual Muslims ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | theological use of “Allah and His Messenger” in matters of belief and obedience ⓘ |
| groundedIn |
Qurʾanic discourse on public wealth
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Qurʾanic verses on fayʾ ⓘ |
| hasBeneficiaries |
Muslim community
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public welfare purposes ⓘ |
| hasScope |
land and property coming under Muslim control without fighting
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property not acquired by individual combatants ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Islamic state in Medina ⓘ |
| historicalFunction | basis for organizing state revenues in the Prophet’s polity ⓘ |
| implies |
centralized management of communal assets
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trusteeship of rulers over public funds ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
designation of the public treasury (bayt al-māl)
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shorthand for the Islamic state ⓘ |
| interpretedBy | classical Muslim jurists ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
prevents private appropriation of certain spoils
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transfers disposal rights from individuals to public authority ⓘ |
| legalRole |
beneficiary designation for public treasury
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holder of disposal rights over certain communal assets ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
bayt al-māl
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public ownership in Islamic law ⓘ |
| normativeAim |
equitable distribution of communal resources
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protection of public interest (maṣlaḥa ʿāmma) ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Islamic state authority
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central Islamic public treasury ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
caliphate as institutional bearer of public authority
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imām (Muslim ruler) as administrator of public wealth ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| semanticType | collective legal personification of state authority ⓘ |
| usedFor |
allocation of non-battle spoils
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distribution of certain state revenues ⓘ regulation of communal resources ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Fay (non-battle war gains)
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Allah and His Messenger (as a legal designation for public authority)
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