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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Joseph Schacht. evidence is not admitted ( the isolated case of the kasama does not belong systematically to the context of evidence ) , but the knowledge of the ķāḍī is a valid basis for the judgment . Written documents ( şakk , wathīķa ) ...
Joseph Schacht. evidence is not admitted ( the isolated case of the kasama does not belong systematically to the context of evidence ) , but the knowledge of the ķāḍī is a valid basis for the judgment . Written documents ( şakk , wathīķa ) ...
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Joseph Schacht. evidence are near relatives of the party in whose favour and personal enemies of the party against whom evidence is to be given . The witness can testify only to what he has seen himself , except in matters such as family ...
Joseph Schacht. evidence are near relatives of the party in whose favour and personal enemies of the party against whom evidence is to be given . The witness can testify only to what he has seen himself , except in matters such as family ...
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... evidence of a specific acquisition of ownership , for instance by purchase or inheritance , the evidence is admitted , but not if he claims a specific acquisition of ownership and produces evidence of simple ownership only . 5 ...
... evidence of a specific acquisition of ownership , for instance by purchase or inheritance , the evidence is admitted , but not if he claims a specific acquisition of ownership and produces evidence of simple ownership only . 5 ...
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