Yahya Nurgat
Biographic Data
| ID | 4153665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yahya Nurgat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yahya |
| FAMILY NAME | Nurgat |
| SIGNATURE | NURGAT Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0315-4879 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Ethics of Aesthetics
This article examines two treatises by the Shāfiʿī jurists Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ziyād, who held differing positions on the legality of Ottoman plans to rebuild part of the Kaʿba’s roof in 959/1551–52 – a proposal that echoed earlier controversies. The jurists of early Islam, including al-Shāfiʿī, had rejected similar interventions, even when the goal was to restore the Kaʿba to the form favoured by the Prophet Muhammad. The…
The Kaʿba Orientations. Readings in Islam’s Ancient House by Simon O'Meara
The Kaʿba has central role in Islamic culture. It orients Muslims both physically and perceptually in their daily lives and worship. Recognising its obscurity in extant scholarship on Islamic art and architecture, Simon O'Meara seeks to understand how the Kaʿba works in the Islamic world. Inspired by Erwin Panofsky’s iconological method, he looks to the indigenous documents of the Islamic tradition, including the textual, visual and architectural…
Menstruation and the Ṭawāf al-Ifāḍa
This article examines Ibn Taymiyya’s (d. 728/1328) unprecedented fatwas allowing menstruating female pilgrims to perform the ṭawāf al-ifāḍa , an essential rite of the hajj. In normative jurisprudential law, menstruating women are obliged to stay in Mecca and fulfil this rite only after returning to ritual purity. However, women in Ibn Taymiyya’s time found the prospect of staying in Mecca a difficult one, predominantly due to the risk of returnin…
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The Kaʿba Orientations. Readings in Islam’s Ancient House by Simon O'Meara
The Kaʿba has central role in Islamic culture. It orients Muslims both physically and perceptually in their daily lives and worship. Recognising its obscurity in extant scholarship on Islamic art and architecture, Simon O'Meara seeks to understand how the Kaʿba works in the Islamic world. Inspired by Erwin Panofsky’s iconological method, he looks to the indigenous documents of the Islamic tradition, including the textual, visual and architectural…
Menstruation and the Ṭawāf al-Ifāḍa
This article examines Ibn Taymiyya’s (d. 728/1328) unprecedented fatwas allowing menstruating female pilgrims to perform the ṭawāf al-ifāḍa , an essential rite of the hajj. In normative jurisprudential law, menstruating women are obliged to stay in Mecca and fulfil this rite only after returning to ritual purity. However, women in Ibn Taymiyya’s time found the prospect of staying in Mecca a difficult one, predominantly due to the risk of returnin…
The Ethics of Aesthetics
This article examines two treatises by the Shāfiʿī jurists Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ziyād, who held differing positions on the legality of Ottoman plans to rebuild part of the Kaʿba’s roof in 959/1551–52 – a proposal that echoed earlier controversies. The jurists of early Islam, including al-Shāfiʿī, had rejected similar interventions, even when the goal was to restore the Kaʿba to the form favoured by the Prophet Muhammad. The…
Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Historical and Architectural Studies (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Architecture (1 works)