The Religious Life of the Andalusians Between the Malikis’ Prohibition of Survival in al-Andalus and the Castilian Persecution After 1492 (Granada as an Example)

الملخص

In the last two decades of the 15th century, a Mālikī jurist in North Africa issued a fatwā warning Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula against remaining there under Catholic rule for religious reasons. This Mālikī jurist invited them to emigrate to any state in North Africa to protect their religion and practise their religious duties correctly. However, many Iberian Muslims remained for non-religious reasons.

Many scholars have examined the content of this fatwā and described the personality of the jurist who issued it. In addition, they have analysed the importance of this fatwā for the Mālikī school and other Mālikī jurists. However, they have not clarified the extent to which Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula were able to preserve their religion and practise their religious rituals accurately and continuously in response to this jurist’s directive. Consequently, this research discusses the means and reasons that led most Iberian Muslims to remain in the Iberian Peninsula under Catholic rule while maintaining their religion and practising their religious rituals. These factors highlight the absence of military and political support from the Islamic states in North Africa. The methodology of this research relies on historical methods that analyse various primary sources.