Ep. 13 | The Ties That Bind: Child Custody in Andalusī Mālikism, 3rd/9th to 6th/12 c. | Dr. Janan Delgado

<p>Dr. Janan Delgado is the winner of the 2022 Alwaleed Bin Talal Dissertation Prize in Islamic Studies for her dissertation entitled, "The Ties That Bind: Child Custody in Andalusī Mālikism, 3rd/9th to 6th/12th c." While scholars of Islamic law have produced numerous studies on marriage and divorce in recent decades, the topic of <em>ḥaḍāna</em>, or child custody, has received scant scholarly attention until now. In this longitudinal study of Mālikī legal texts including the <em>Muwaṭṭaʾ </em>of Mālik b. Anas, <em>Mudawwana </em>of Saḥnūn, <em>Kitāb al-kāfī</em> of Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, <em>Bayān wa-l-taḥṣīl</em> and the <em>Muqaddimāt </em>of Ibn Rushd al-Jadd, and fatāwā, Janan uncovers fascinating legal and social history of family dynamics in al-Andalus. Her analysis reveals the jursts' notions of womanhood, motherhood, fatherhood, step-fatherhood, and childhood and shows subtle shifts that occurred over time, including how the Mālikī jurists responded to intellectual, political, and social challenges. </p><p>Dr. Janan Delgado is a scholar of Islamic law. She holds a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies from New York University and a Ph.D. in the Study of Religion from Harvard University. </p><p>Credits and transcript: <a href="http://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/ep-13-ties-bind-child-custody-andalusi-malikism">islamicstudies.harvard.edu/ep-13-ties-bind-child-custody-andalusi-malikism</a> </p>