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 137
... Ownership can never be acquired by finding ; the finder is only entitled to make a charitable gift ( sadaka ) of the found object when the legal term for giving public notice has elapsed without result ; if he is poor , he is entitled ...
... Ownership can never be acquired by finding ; the finder is only entitled to make a charitable gift ( sadaka ) of the found object when the legal term for giving public notice has elapsed without result ; if he is poor , he is entitled ...
Page 138
... ownership in land against the possessor can be enter- tained , under certain conditions , after a number of years ( 30 or 33 or 36 are sometimes mentioned ) has passed without this claim being made . ( b ) Derivative acquisition of ...
... ownership in land against the possessor can be enter- tained , under certain conditions , after a number of years ( 30 or 33 or 36 are sometimes mentioned ) has passed without this claim being made . ( b ) Derivative acquisition of ...
Page 141
... ownership is possible , too , in single rooms or apartments of a house . No taking of possession is necessary for the transfer of ownership in the case of sale ( this is , however , contested ) ; the contract of sale is not purely ...
... ownership is possible , too , in single rooms or apartments of a house . No taking of possession is necessary for the transfer of ownership in the case of sale ( this is , however , contested ) ; the contract of sale is not purely ...
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