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 140
... existence of a debt ; it cannot be given in connexion with a fiduciary relationship ( amāna ) , e.g. deposit or loan of non - fungible objects , responsibility for darak , surety- ship for the person , retaliation , pre - emption , & c ...
... existence of a debt ; it cannot be given in connexion with a fiduciary relationship ( amāna ) , e.g. deposit or loan of non - fungible objects , responsibility for darak , surety- ship for the person , retaliation , pre - emption , & c ...
Page 149
... existence of a claim of A against me is not a necessary prerequisite , and the ḥawāla then amounts to a mandate to collect , i.e. I charge A to collect my claim against B. The element common to all cases is merely that an obligation of ...
... existence of a claim of A against me is not a necessary prerequisite , and the ḥawāla then amounts to a mandate to collect , i.e. I charge A to collect my claim against B. The element common to all cases is merely that an obligation of ...
Page 208
... existence of well - developed legal concepts is not typical of the first method , neither is the existence of a casuistical method typical of the second . But both the nature of the Islamic legal concepts and the nature of its ...
... existence of well - developed legal concepts is not typical of the first method , neither is the existence of a casuistical method typical of the second . But both the nature of the Islamic legal concepts and the nature of its ...
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