A muhtasibat is an Islamic territorial division of a
muhtasib
A muḥtasib ( ar, محتسب, from the root ''ḥisbah'', or "accountability"Sami Zubaida (2005), Law and Power in the Islamic World, , pages 58-60) was "a holder of the office of al-hisbah in classical Islamic administrations", according to Ox ...
and is directly subordinate to a
qadi
A qāḍī ( ar, قاضي, Qāḍī; otherwise transliterated as qazi, cadi, kadi, or kazi) is the magistrate or judge of a ''sharīʿa'' court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minor ...
and
qadiyat. A muhtasib oversees a muhtasibat.
As
Sunni Islam does not prescribe any formal hierarchy or priesthood, muhtasibats are primarily found in Eastern European and Central Asian Islamic organizations, particularly in countries derived from the former Soviet Union.
Originally, a muhtasib was an
Ottoman official charged with supervising proper weights and measures in markets as well as the proper conduct of certain rituals.
Today, a muhtasibat is a territory containing several
mahallahs or congregations.
Religious institutions and Islamic parochial schools fall directly under the supervision of muhtasibats.
See also
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Mufti
A Mufti (; ar, مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion ('' fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatwas'' played an important rol ...
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Muftiate
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Qadi
A qāḍī ( ar, قاضي, Qāḍī; otherwise transliterated as qazi, cadi, kadi, or kazi) is the magistrate or judge of a ''sharīʿa'' court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minor ...
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Qadiyat
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Mahallah
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Islamic legal occupations
Religious leadership roles
Islamic organizations