Musta'min
Sign in to saveMustaʾmīn or '''Musta'man' () is a historical Islamic term for a non-Muslim foreigner temporarily residing in Muslim lands with aman, or guarantee of short-term safe-conduct (aman mu'aqqat''), affording the protected status of dhimmi (non-Muslim subjects permanently living in a Muslim-ruled land) without the payment of jizya.
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Mustaʾmīn or '''Musta'man' () is a historical Islamic term for a non-Muslim foreigner temporarily residing in Muslim lands with aman, or guarantee of short-term safe-conduct (aman mu'aqqat), affording the protected status of dhimmi (non-Muslim subjects permanently living in a Muslim-ruled land) without the payment of jizya.
Merchants, messengers, students and other groups could be given an aman, while foreign envoys and emissaries were automatically protected.
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