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Understanding Islamic Law (2011)

Understanding Islamic Law (2011)

Comprehensive, expertly written and long-awaited English language treatise on Islamic law.


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    The demand for a book like Understanding Islamic Law among law students and legal practitioners in America and throughout the English-speaking world is large and growing. Islamic Law is not merely a "hot topic". It is a growing trend that is an increasingly mainstream fixture in the legal landscape. There is nothing currently on the market for Law Schools, like Understanding Islamic Law, that is a comprehensive text, in English, by a non-Muslim law professor.

    The first 11 chapters of Understanding Islamic Law give the essential foundational materials for the study of Islamic Law. The remaining chapters cover several other pertinent fields: banking and finance, contracts, criminal law, family law, and property.

    Understanding Islamic Law also:
    • Includes Arabic terms, in English, with diacritical marks to assist in pronunciation;
    • Provides A Glossary of Arabic Terms; and
    • Incorporates recent developments such as the burkha ban in France.

    Understanding Islamic Law (Sharia) is a thorough and balanced text that can be used without supplementation in a one-semester Islamic Law course.

    The first 11 chapters of Understanding Islamic Law give the essential foundational materials for the study of Islamic Law. The remaining chapters cover several other pertinent fields: banking and finance, contracts, criminal law, family law, and property.

    Understanding Islamic Law also:
    • Includes Arabic terms, in English, with diacritical marks to assist in pronunciation;
    • Provides A Glossary of Arabic Terms; and
    • Incorporates recent developments such as the burkha ban in France.

    Understanding Islamic Law (Sharia) is a thorough and balanced text that can be used without supplementation in a one-semester Islamic Law course.

    PART ONE ORIGINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
    Chapter 1 MUHAMMAD (PBUH) BEFORE PROPHETHOOD (570/571?610 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
    Chapter 2 MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AS PROPHET (610?632 A.D.) . . . 33
    Chapter 3 HOLY QUR?BN (610?650 A.D.): REVELATION, COMPILATION, AND TENETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

    PART TWO GOLDEN AGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
    Chapter 4 CALIPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA (RASHIDUN) (632?661 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
    Chapter 5 UMAYYAD CALIPHATE (661?750 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
    Chapter 6 ABBASID CALIPHATE (750?1258 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
    Chapter 7 THE CRUSADES (1095?1272 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

    PART THREE SCHISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
    Chapter 8 SUNNI-SH[?[TE SPLIT (632?680 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
    Chapter 9 SH[?[SM AND ITS IMBMS (680?940 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

    PART FOUR LAST GREAT ERA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
    Chapter 10 OTTOMAN TURKISH EMPIRE (11th Century?1923 A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
    Chapter 11 MOGHUL INDIAN EMPIRE (1504?1857 A.D.) . . . . . . . . 261
    Chapter 12 FUNDAMENTAL SOURCES: HOLY QUR?BN AND SUNNAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

    PART SIX PRACTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
    Chapter 16 FOUR SUNNITE SCHOOLS OF ISLAMIC LAW . . . . . . 387

    PART SEVEN COMMERCIAL LAW, CAPITALISM, AND GLOBAL TRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
    Chapter 17 ISLAM AND CAPITALIST ECONOMIC GROWTH . . . 411
    Chapter 18 PROPERTY LAW: OWNERSHIP AND PROPERTY . . . 433
    Chapter 19 PROPERTY LAW: PUBLIC PROPERTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND POSSESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
    Chapter 20 PROPERTY LAW: PROTECTING AND RESTRICTING PRIVATE OWNERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
    Chapter 21 CONTRACT LAW: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND CONTRACT FORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Chapter 22 CONTRACT LAW: TYPES OF CONTRACTS . . . . . . . . 549
    Chapter 23 CONTRACT LAW: PERFORMANCE, TERMS, AND REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
    Chapter 24 BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS LAW: TRADITIONAL TYPES OF PARTNERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
    Chapter 25 BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS LAW: MODERN PARTNERSHIPS AND AGRICULTURAL VENTURES . ??..637
    PART EIGHT BANKING LAW, CAPITALISM, AND GLOBAL FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
    Chapter 26 BANKING LAW: RISK (GHARAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
    Chapter 27 BANKING LAW: INTEREST (RIBB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
    Chapter 28 BANKING LAW: LEGAL DEVICES (?IYAL) AND THE PROHIBITION ON INTEREST (RIBB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
    Chapter 29 FINANCE (TAMWEEL): ISLAMIC BONDS (?UKUK) AND
    Chapter 30 FINANCE (TAMWEEL): TYPES AND RISKS OF ISLAMIC BONDS (?UKUK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781
    Chapter 31 FINANCE (TAMWEEL): INSURANCE (TAKAFUL) AND MONEY TRANSFERS (?AWBLAH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801
    Chapter 32 FINANCE (TAMWEEL): INNOVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
    PART NINE FAMILY LAW AND WOMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
    Chapter 33 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
    Chapter 35 RIGHTS OF WIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915
    Chapter 36 WOMEN AND CLOTHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941
    Chapter 37 WOMEN AND WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965
    Chapter 38 REARING CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991
    Chapter 39 CONTRACEPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001
    Chapter 40 ABORTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1047
    PART ELEVEN INHERITANCE LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089
    Chapter 41 WILLS (WA?BYB), CHARITABLE TRUSTS (WAQFS), AND EUTHANASIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091
    Chapter 42 LAW OF SUCCESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127

    PART TWELVE CRIMINAL LAW (?UQKBBT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1165
    Chapter 43 KEY CONCEPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1167
    Chapter 44 CLAIMS OF GOD (?AQQ ALLBH): SEX CRIMES . . . 1197
    Chapter 45 CLAIMS OF GOD (?AQQ ALLBH): DRINKING AND STEALING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
    Chapter 46 CLAIMS OF GOD (?AQQ ALLBH): CONVERTING AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
    Chapter 47 PRIVATE CLAIMS (?AQQBDAM[) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285

    PART THIRTEEN INTERNATIONAL LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1307
    Chapter 48 LAW OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309
    Chapter 49 JIHBD (STRUGGLE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339
    Chapter 50 TERRORISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1359

    PART FOURTEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1383
    GLOSSARY OF ARABIC TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1385
    INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1

     

     

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