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 7
... parties led to no result , recourse was normally had to an arbitrator ( hakam ) . The arbitrator did not belong to a particular caste ; the parties were free to appoint as ḥakam any person on whom they agreed , but he was hardly ever ...
... parties led to no result , recourse was normally had to an arbitrator ( hakam ) . The arbitrator did not belong to a particular caste ; the parties were free to appoint as ḥakam any person on whom they agreed , but he was hardly ever ...
Page 83
... parties concerned , each of which was perfectly legal in itself , and the combined effect of which produced the desired result . Each transaction was , as a matter of course , recorded and attested in a separate document . Taken in ...
... parties concerned , each of which was perfectly legal in itself , and the combined effect of which produced the desired result . Each transaction was , as a matter of course , recorded and attested in a separate document . Taken in ...
Page 195
... parties take the oath , judgment is given for the ' fair mahr ' . If the parties to a sale dispute the amount of the price and both take the oath , the sale is annulled at the demand of one of them . The procedure in the case of li'an ...
... parties take the oath , judgment is given for the ' fair mahr ' . If the parties to a sale dispute the amount of the price and both take the oath , the sale is annulled at the demand of one of them . The procedure in the case of li'an ...
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