Istijarah ( ar, إستجارة, ) is an
Islamic term
The following list consists of notable concepts that are derived from Islamic and associated cultural (Arab, Persian, Turkish) traditions, which are expressed as words in Arabic or Persian language. The main purpose of this list is to disambig ...
for
asylum, accepting a person at risk as a member of own tribe.
[http://www.icmif.org/doc_store/takaful/Doctrines%20Justifying%20Takaful.doc]
Definition
A system of
clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
protection existed in
Pre-Islamic Arabia, and people without a clan would stand without protection. Such a person could request for ''Istijarah'' (asylum) from a person already having a clan association in order to receive protection from that person. This was a common practice in
Arabia,
[ this was used by some ]Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
s who returned from the first Migration to Abyssinia,[ The Sealed Nectarbr>The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge]
on sunnipath.com and Muhammad himself requested ''Istijarah'' from Mut'im ibn Adi after his return to Mecca from the visit to Ta'if.[ The term is also used in the Qur'an.]
References
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Quranic words and phrases
Arabic words and phrases
Law of war