may have
committed.
Cafe of ho-
moeide upon
provocation.
that is committed to the avenger of blood for the reafons before
Bated.— It is to be obferved, however, that decrees have paffed according
to the opinion of Aboo Yoofaf, as appears in the Fattahal-Yak-
deer, copied from Yahavee.
If a perlon provoke another to fuch a degree that he flays him,
the Deyit, or fine o f blood, falls upon the tribe of the flayer, according
to Haneefa.— (This is a cafe of homicide upon provocation, which will'
be hereafter more fully treated o f under the head of Deyit.)— If, however,
a man repeatedly aft thus, he muft be put to death for it, as he is
a common nuifance in the land of God, wherefore his iniquity muft
be removed by deftroying him.
H E D A T
B O O K IX.
A L S E T I R , or the I N S T I T U T E S .
SE Y IR is the plural -of Seerit, which, in its primitive fenfe, figni- Definition of
fies regulation, in matters fpiritual and temporal.—Seyir, in the s‘Jir-
language of the law, more efpecially applies to the inftitutes of the
prophet in his wars.
Chap. I.
Chap. II.
Chap. III.
Chap. IV.
Chap. V .
Introduftory.
O f the manner of waging war.
O f making peace, and concerning the perfons to
whom it is lawful to grant protection.
O f Plunder, and the divifion thereof.
O f the Conquefts of Infidels.
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