Istijarah

Istijarah

Istijarah (Arabic: "إستجارة") is an Islamic term 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

In the Pre-Islamic era there was a system of clan protection, and a 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 Muslims who returned from the first Migration to Abyssinia The Sealed Nectar [http://www.sunnipath.com/Resources/PrintMedia/Books/B0033P0017.aspx The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge] on sunnipath.com] , and Muhammad himself requested Istijarah from Mut`im ibn `Uday after his return to Mecca from his visit to Ta'if .

The term is also used in the Qur'an :

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