An Introduction to Islamic LawThis book presents a broad account of the present knowledge of the history and outlines the system of Islamic law. Showing that Islamic law is the key to understanding the essence of one of the great world religions, this book explores how it still influences the laws of contemporary Islamicstates, and is in itself a remarkable manifestation of legal thought. |
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... Muslims only ; the non - Muslim subject populations retained their own traditional legal institutions , including the ecclesiastical ( and rabbinical ) tribunals which in the last few centuries before the Muslim conquest had to a great ...
... Muslims only ; the non - Muslim subject populations retained their own traditional legal institutions , including the ecclesiastical ( and rabbinical ) tribunals which in the last few centuries before the Muslim conquest had to a great ...
Page 131
... Muslim privileges , but on the other hand they are exempt from the specifically Muslim duties ; in principle , non - Muslims follow the rules of their own religions with regard to what is lawful for them . In particular , they are not ...
... Muslim privileges , but on the other hand they are exempt from the specifically Muslim duties ; in principle , non - Muslims follow the rules of their own religions with regard to what is lawful for them . In particular , they are not ...
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... Muslim woman . For the rest , the Muslim and the dhimmi are equal in practically the whole of the law of property and of contracts and obligations . But the dhimmī cannot be a witness , except in matters concerning other dhimmis ( even ...
... Muslim woman . For the rest , the Muslim and the dhimmi are equal in practically the whole of the law of property and of contracts and obligations . But the dhimmī cannot be a witness , except in matters concerning other dhimmis ( even ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SECTION | 6 |
The First Century of Islam | 15 |
The Umayyad Administration and the First | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Abbasids administration AḤMAD āķila Algiers ancient schools applied Arabic aşaba authority become blood-money BOUSQUET BRUNSCHVIG Cairo caliph claim Code concept concerning consensus contract countervalue customary law Death debt developed dhimmi doctrine droit musulman Études evidence existence favour GOLDZIHER hadd ḥadd punishment Hanafi Hanbali hijra hiyal homicide husband Ibn Taymiyya ijtihad imām inheritance instance Iraqian Islamic law istiḥsān jurisprudence kadhf ķāḍī kaffāra khiyār Kitāb Koran Kufa law of family legal subject-matter legal thought Leiden liability mahr Maliki manumission marriage Medina MUHAMMAD Muslim niyya oath object obligation opinion Origins Ottoman owner ownership Paris parties penal law person practice principle prohibition Prophet recognized regard religious law repudiation restricted retaliation ribā right of rescission rules sacred Law SCHACHT scholars schools of law Shafi'i shari'a Shiite Shorter E.I. slave specialists stipulated sunna systematic taʼzīr theory Traditionists traditions transactions transl Umayyad unlawful intercourse usurper valid wakf wife witnesses