al-Muqaddima al-Zahra fi Idah al-Imama al-Kubra
- Author died
- 748 AH
- Editions
- Dar al-Furqan li-l-Nashr wa-l-Tawzi'
Al-Muqaddima al-Zahra fi Idah al-Imama al-Kubra (The Luminous Introduction in Clarifying the Supreme Leadership) is a legal and political treatise on Islamic governance and the supreme caliphate by the Damascene Shafi'i traditionist and historian Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi (673–748 AH / 1274–1348 CE) .
Subject and Scope
The treatise addresses the legal rulings and constitutional principles governing the supreme political leadership (al-imama al-kubra), categorizing it within the genre of Islamic public law and governmental ordinances (al-ahkam al-sultaniyya) .
Editions
The work has been edited and published in modern scholarly editions, including:
- An edition edited by Tal'at al-Halawani, published by Dar Ibn 'Abbas in Egypt (1st ed., 1424 AH / 2003 CE) .
- An edition edited by 'Ali Rida, published by Dar al-Furqan in Cairo (1st ed., 1429 AH / 2008 CE) .
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