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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Page 124
... duties ; the ahliyyat al - adā ' , ' capacity of execution ' , is the capacity to con- tract , to dispose , and therefore also validly to fulfil one's obliga- tions ; it can be either full or restricted , and is harmonized with the ...
... duties ; the ahliyyat al - adā ' , ' capacity of execution ' , is the capacity to con- tract , to dispose , and therefore also validly to fulfil one's obliga- tions ; it can be either full or restricted , and is harmonized with the ...
Page 201
... duties , the legal subject- matter was not completely assimilated , legal relationships were not completely reduced to and expressed in terms of religious and ethical duties , the sphere of law retained a technical character of its own ...
... duties , the legal subject- matter was not completely assimilated , legal relationships were not completely reduced to and expressed in terms of religious and ethical duties , the sphere of law retained a technical character of its own ...
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... duties of the persons who appoint an individual as imām or caliph , and the rights and duties of this last . This is all the more significant as the Arabic language possessed an abstract term for ' authority , dominion , ruling power ...
... duties of the persons who appoint an individual as imām or caliph , and the rights and duties of this last . This is all the more significant as the Arabic language possessed an abstract term for ' authority , dominion , ruling power ...
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