Muhtasibat

A muhtasibat (Russian: Мухтасибат)is an Islamic territorial division of a muhtasib and is directly subordinate to a qadi and qadiyat. A muhtasib oversees a muhtasibat. [1]

As Sunni Islam does not prescribe any formal hierarchy or priesthood, muhtasibats are primarily found in Eastern European and Central Asian Islamic organizations, particularly in countries derived from the former Soviet Union. [2]

Originally, a muhtasib was an Ottoman official charged with supervising proper weights and measures in markets as well as the proper conduct of certain rituals. [3] Today, a muhtasibat is a territory containing several mahallas or congregations.[4] Religious institutions and Islamic parochial schools fall directly under the supervision of muhtasibats. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Muslim communities and Islamic network institutions in Ukraine https://www.academia.edu/1206999/Muslim_communities_and_Islamic_network_institutions_in_Ukraine_contesting_authorities_in_shaping_of_Islamic_localities
  2. ↑ Russian_Nationalism : Message: Bulletin 4:16 - Special Issue: SOVA https://groups.yahoo.com/group/russian_nationalism/message/790
  3. ↑ History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 5 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001302/130205e.pdf
  4. ↑ IslamRF.ru: Religious Board of Muslims for the Nizhny Novgorod http://islamrf.ru/eng/news/eheritage/emuslims/6606/
  5. ↑ http://www.islamrf.ru/eng/news/eheritage/emuslims/6606
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