In this excerptfromQuḍāt Qurṭuba, Khushanī recounts an incident that took place at a time ofsevere famine, which led to many criminal acts, death sentences, and hand amputations. The emir Muḥammad charged the ṣāḥib al-sūq, Ibrāhīm b. Ḥusayn b. ʿĀṣim, with dispensing cases quickly and harshly. One day a young boy (fatā) was brought to Ibn ʿĀṣim by the boy’s neighbors, who complained about his evil deeds, although they did not want him to be punish …
This source is part of the Online Companion to the book Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, ed. Intisar A. Rabb and Abigail Krasner Balbale(ILSP/HUP 2017)—a collection of primary sources and other material used in and related to the book.