Ulu Al Amr & Authority: The Central Pillars of Sunni Political Thought

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Ulu Al Amr & Authority: The Central Pillars of Sunni Political Thought "
Hisseine Faradj Buck-Morss, Susan

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	803190
Doc. No	:	TL47970
Call number	:	‭1622987392;‮ ‬3641882‬
Main Entry	:	Krienke, Kai
Title & Author	:	Ulu Al Amr Authority: The Central Pillars of Sunni Political Thought\ Hisseine FaradjBuck-Morss, Susan
College	:	City University of New York
Date	:	2014
Degree	:	Ph.D.
field of study	:	Political Science
student score	:	2014
Page No	:	215
Note	:	Committee members: Buck-Morss, Susan; Schwedler, Jillian; Wallach, John R.
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-28397-6
Abstract	:	This dissertation evaluates the political history of Islam through the prism of the <i>Sunni</i> conception of authority. It finds an historical red thread that explains the legal and political evolution of different types of Islamic government that have, instead of a European-type sovereign, the <i> Ulu Al Amr</i> (those in authority). In addition, it argues that it is the authority of <i>Ulu Al Amr</i> that legitimizes temporal power via legal rulings such as <i>Wilayah al ahed</i> (allegiance to a dynastic monarchy) and <i>Wlayah al qaher</i> (obedience to coercive power and rule). Those rulings are essential to legitimating historical change. Historical legal opinions among Muslim scholars hold that the members of the <i> Ulu Al Amr</i> are the <i>Ulama</i>—those with knowledge, the learned, religious scholars with temporal power. This dissertation claims that contrary to the legal standards that changed historically in <i> Fiqh al siyash al sharia</i> (the branch Islamic jurisprudence that addresses political issues), it is the <i>Ulama</i> who were the <i> Ulu Al Amr.</i> It is <i>Ulu Al Amr</i> they and only they who decide on the exception through <i>Ijma</i> (consensus or agreement of the community, a source of Islamic law). This view of <i>Ulu Al Amr </i> is most consistent with the <i>Sunni</i> conception of authority that legitimates the force of temporal power. Finally, this dissertation argues that the historical evolution of the concept of authority and the legal role of <i>Ulu Al Amr</i> are an outcome of political struggles and demands between the <i>Ulu Al Amr</i> (qua temporal power) and Muslim subjects rather than a set of legal codes frozen in time and space.
Subject	:	Law; Islamic Studies; International law
Descriptor	:	Social sciences;Authority;Caliphate;Islam;Sharia;Sovereignty;Ulu al amr
Added Entry	:	Buck-Morss, Susan
Added Entry	:	Political ScienceCity University of New York