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 European- and Central Asian Islamic organizations, particularly in south-eastern Europe and countries deriving 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 http://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 http://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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