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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... rules regulating the form and effects of these transactions , but to establish moral norms under which certain transactions are allowed or forbidden . The idea that such transactions , if they are concluded notwithstanding the ...
... rules regulating the form and effects of these transactions , but to establish moral norms under which certain transactions are allowed or forbidden . The idea that such transactions , if they are concluded notwithstanding the ...
Page 146
... rules apply to usufruct ; therefore the hire of two objects , one for the other , is allowed only if they do not belong to the same species . The prohibition of a delay in the exchange of goods which are subject to the rules concerning ...
... rules apply to usufruct ; therefore the hire of two objects , one for the other , is allowed only if they do not belong to the same species . The prohibition of a delay in the exchange of goods which are subject to the rules concerning ...
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... rules of procedure are invariably intertwined with rules of substantive law , and rules of consti- tutional and administrative law are scattered over the most diverse chapters of the original treatises . Public powers are , as a rule ...
... rules of procedure are invariably intertwined with rules of substantive law , and rules of consti- tutional and administrative law are scattered over the most diverse chapters of the original treatises . Public powers are , as a rule ...
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