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‘The question of the churches’ Ibn Taymiyya Date: Between 1303 and 1305 Original Language: Arabic Description Masʾalat al-kanāʾis (also known by slightly different titles, such as Kitāb fī l-kanāʾis, Maqāla fī l-kanāʾis, Masʾala fī l-kanāʾis and Suʾāl fī l-kanāʾis) is a fatwa on the status of churches under Muslim rule that comes to 15 pages in MF xxviii, pp. 632-46, and 41 pages in the critical edition of Shibl. Shibl’s version of the fatwa is based on four manuscripts and the text printed in MF. It also includes a list of the conditions in the Pact of ʿUmar ( al-shurūṭ al-ʿumariyya) (q.v.), …