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 27
... practice of the late Umayyad period was transformed into the religious law of Islam . The resulting ideal theory still had to be translated into practice ; this task was beyond the power of the pious specialists and had to be left to ...
... practice of the late Umayyad period was transformed into the religious law of Islam . The resulting ideal theory still had to be translated into practice ; this task was beyond the power of the pious specialists and had to be left to ...
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... practice . But it was denied this success ; the administration of the state and religious law drew apart again , and the increasing rigidity of the shari'a itself prevented it from keeping pace with actual practice . This development ...
... practice . But it was denied this success ; the administration of the state and religious law drew apart again , and the increasing rigidity of the shari'a itself prevented it from keeping pace with actual practice . This development ...
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... practice as a whole , was its reliance on written documents . We have seen that Islamic law , at a very early period , diverged both from an explicit ruling of the Koran and from current practice by denying the validity of documentary ...
... practice as a whole , was its reliance on written documents . We have seen that Islamic law , at a very early period , diverged both from an explicit ruling of the Koran and from current practice by denying the validity of documentary ...
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