Valerie J. Hoffman's academic study of Ibadi Islam, listing eighteen specific points where Ibadi legal doctrine diverges from other Islamic schools, including two on the calculation and distribution of zakat.
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Tier 1: an academic monograph by Valerie J. Hoffman, professor of religion at the University of Illinois and a specialist in Ibadi studies, published by Syracuse University Press (2012), reviewed in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies confirming its standing in the field, read in full via a hosted copy of the published text. The introduction lists eighteen ways Ibadi legal doctrine differs from other Islamic schools of law, including two on zakat directly: item twelve states plainly, "In zakat (the alms tax), Ibadis calculate the nisab (minimum amount of wealth one must own before one owes zakat) on cattle in the same way as for camels, unlike the Sunnis"; item thirteen states "The person to whom zakat is given must be in a state of walaya," tying zakat distribution to the distinctively Ibadi doctrine of religious association. Citation
AuthorValerie J. Hoffman
PublisherSyracuse University Press
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/713/essentials-of-ibadi-islam-the/
Source TypeMonograph with translated texts
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Schools of Religious Law, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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