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Strength or protection (mana'a) and its bearing on rebellion and banditry

المَنَعَة

Mana'a in the lexicon is power and strength, such as having kinsmen to defend one. The jurists require that rebels and bandits have such strength for the offence to count as rebellion (baghy) or brigandage (hiraba). If rebels, having that strength, are aided by protected visitors, the visitors' pact is not broken.

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Summary

In the lexicon mana'a is power and honour: one has mana'a when he has kinsmen to defend him. 1

Rebellion and banditry

The jurists require that rebels and bandits have mana'a before the offence counts as baghy or hiraba. Details are in those entries. 2

Protected visitors aiding rebels

The Hanafis, Shafi'is and Hanbalis hold that protected visitors who aid rebels break their pact and become like enemy combatants. If they do so under compulsion, while the rebels have mana'a, the pact is not broken. 2

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.15069
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.15070
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islam.museum contributors. “Strength or protection (mana'a) and its bearing on rebellion and banditry”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/mana-a/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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