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 144
... obligations have been treated or will be treated in other contexts : the obligations deriving from proxy ( above , p . 119 f . ) , those deriving from slavery ( above , pp . 127 ff . ) , those deriving from a change of religion ( above ...
... obligations have been treated or will be treated in other contexts : the obligations deriving from proxy ( above , p . 119 f . ) , those deriving from slavery ( above , pp . 127 ff . ) , those deriving from a change of religion ( above ...
Page 148
... obligation , the sulh is a separate transaction . The sulh is not confined to the law of obligations ; claims arising from the law of slavery , family law , and penal law can also be settled by it ( but not , of course , hadd ...
... obligation , the sulh is a separate transaction . The sulh is not confined to the law of obligations ; claims arising from the law of slavery , family law , and penal law can also be settled by it ( but not , of course , hadd ...
Page 149
... obligation of B towards A is created . The acceptance of the ḥawala by A extinguishes my obligation ; it revives only if B dies bankrupt or ( in the absence of legal evidence ) denies the existence of the ... OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 149.
... obligation of B towards A is created . The acceptance of the ḥawala by A extinguishes my obligation ; it revives only if B dies bankrupt or ( in the absence of legal evidence ) denies the existence of the ... OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 149.
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