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 30
... scholars are disregarded . This consensus ( ijma ' ) of the scholars , representing the common denominator of doctrine achieved in each generation , expresses the synchronous aspect of the living tradition of each school . How this ...
... scholars are disregarded . This consensus ( ijma ' ) of the scholars , representing the common denominator of doctrine achieved in each generation , expresses the synchronous aspect of the living tradition of each school . How this ...
Page 72
... scholars who made them actually produced an independent interpreta- tion of the shari'a . Other scholars did not so much claim ijtihad for themselves as reject the principle of taķlīd . This was the case of Dawūd ibn Khalaf , the ...
... scholars who made them actually produced an independent interpreta- tion of the shari'a . Other scholars did not so much claim ijtihad for themselves as reject the principle of taķlīd . This was the case of Dawūd ibn Khalaf , the ...
Page 102
... scholars , to confront the Modernists with this argument , and equally natural on the part of these last to try to shake the thesis of their opponents , as though their own aim did not lie outside the field to which it could ...
... scholars , to confront the Modernists with this argument , and equally natural on the part of these last to try to shake the thesis of their opponents , as though their own aim did not lie outside the field to which it could ...
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