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 116
... niyya , from being a state of mind , became an act of will directed towards performing a religious duty ; it must , as a rule , be explicitly formulated , at least mentally . An act of worship without niyya is invalid , and so is the ...
... niyya , from being a state of mind , became an act of will directed towards performing a religious duty ; it must , as a rule , be explicitly formulated , at least mentally . An act of worship without niyya is invalid , and so is the ...
Page 117
... niyya claimed afterwards by the person who made it , that is to say , interpreting the wording without regard to the niyya . The interpretation is not strictly objective ; there is a tendency to restrict the effect of the declaration ...
... niyya claimed afterwards by the person who made it , that is to say , interpreting the wording without regard to the niyya . The interpretation is not strictly objective ; there is a tendency to restrict the effect of the declaration ...
Page 123
... niyya , may be valid before the conscience but not before the kāḍī . Conversely , ' legal devices ' or evasions are considered valid if they conform to the letter of the law , regardless of the underlying motives . To the sphere of ...
... niyya , may be valid before the conscience but not before the kāḍī . Conversely , ' legal devices ' or evasions are considered valid if they conform to the letter of the law , regardless of the underlying motives . To the sphere of ...
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