Question
The fact that some of these people authoritatively narrated hadīth and interpreted law contradicts readings of Surah al-Baqarah’s decree for loan contracts suggesting that these people are inherently less credible. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this general group of people who could serve as unquestioned expert witnesses in medieval Islamic dynasties despite the common interpretation that their testimony was only half as credible as their counterparts’.
ANSWER: women [accept obvious equivalents]
[10h] Al-Qarāfī and this contentious jurist located bias against women’s witness in social reality, not the Qur’an. This hater of Shīʿism and saint cults argued that a woman’s testimony is as admissible as her religious narration.
ANSWER: Ibn Taymīyya [or Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Numayrī ibn Taymīyya]
[10m] Ibn Salah expressed the prevailing Sunni view that “neither maleness nor freedom” are needed to be one of these jurists. Al-Tabarī argued that since women could be these jurists, they could also be qadis.
ANSWER: mufti
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Water Buffalo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Chard Problem of Consciousness | Goldman & Jackson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Three Cantabrigians | Knox et al | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | Fable of the Miis | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | N | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | N | 6 | 8.33 | 83% | 0% | 0% |