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 39
... favour of their doctrine , and this has remained the doctrine of the Ḥanafi school . 2. The results of this early systematic reasoning were not seldom expressed in the form of legal ' puzzles ' , or in the form of legal maxims or adages ...
... favour of their doctrine , and this has remained the doctrine of the Ḥanafi school . 2. The results of this early systematic reasoning were not seldom expressed in the form of legal ' puzzles ' , or in the form of legal maxims or adages ...
Page 191
... favour the pre- sumption operates if there is no proof . It is therefore of great importance that these parts should be assigned correctly . Because the stringent rules of Islamic law as regards evidence bring it about that no proof can ...
... favour the pre- sumption operates if there is no proof . It is therefore of great importance that these parts should be assigned correctly . Because the stringent rules of Islamic law as regards evidence bring it about that no proof can ...
Page 192
... favour of the heirs , and this is the prevailing opinion ; according to the second principle , it operates in favour of the widow , but although this agrees with objective probability it is the opinion of a minority only . There are ...
... favour of the heirs , and this is the prevailing opinion ; according to the second principle , it operates in favour of the widow , but although this agrees with objective probability it is the opinion of a minority only . There are ...
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