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 48
... legal theory is a perfectly coherent system , superior by far to the theory of the ancient schools , and he became the founder of the uṣul al - fikh , the discipline dealing with the theoretical bases of Islamic law . It was the ...
... legal theory is a perfectly coherent system , superior by far to the theory of the ancient schools , and he became the founder of the uṣul al - fikh , the discipline dealing with the theoretical bases of Islamic law . It was the ...
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... legal doctrine appreciably from what it had been when Shafi'i appeared , they finally adopted , together with the Shafi'is , a legal theory of traditionist inspiration . This ' classical ' theory of Islamic law , or doctrine of the uṣul ...
... legal doctrine appreciably from what it had been when Shafi'i appeared , they finally adopted , together with the Shafi'is , a legal theory of traditionist inspiration . This ' classical ' theory of Islamic law , or doctrine of the uṣul ...
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... legal texts inspired by traditionist doctrine , which contain the teachings of the prominent traditionist Ibn Hanbal ( d ... legal theory except for the general idea of the authority of traditions , but when the scholars of the Ḥanbali ...
... legal texts inspired by traditionist doctrine , which contain the teachings of the prominent traditionist Ibn Hanbal ( d ... legal theory except for the general idea of the authority of traditions , but when the scholars of the Ḥanbali ...
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