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Understanding Islamic law (Sharīʼa)
Author
Title
Understanding Islamic law (Sharīʼa) / by Raj Bhala.
ISBN
9781531014278
1531014275
9781531014285
Edition
Third edition.
Publication
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, [2023]
Physical Description
lxxiii, 1562 pages ; 27 cm.
Summary
"This critically-acclaimed treatise provides both newcomers and experts with clear, accessible, and comprehensive materials and critical comparative analyses for the study of Islamic Law. It embraces the entire history, religion, and law of Islam, both Sunni and Shī'a, and covers all pertinent fields: banking and finance, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, family law, inheritance, international law, and property. The book includes a user-friendly Glossary of Arabic terms, in English, with diacritical marks to assist in pronunciation. Balanced, logically organized, and well-written, the text can be used without supplementation in a one-semester Islamic Law course, and it has been used in law schools and graduate programs around the world and in programs for United States Special Operations Forces. Every chapter is thoroughly updated to incorporate recent developments and scholarship, with new chapters on the Constitution of Iran, the Taliban, and the Afghanistan War"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Bhala, Raj. Understanding Islamic law Third edition. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, [2023]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 30, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Muhammad (PBUH) before prophethood (570/571-610 A.D.)
Muhammad (PBUH) as prophet (610-632 A.D.)
Holy Qur'an (610-650 A.D.) : revelation, compilation, and tenets
Caliphs of Mecca and Medina (Rashidun) (632-661 A.D.)
Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 A.D.)
Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 A.D.)
Crusades (1095-1272 A.D.)
Sunni
Shiite split (632-680 A.D.)
Shiism and its Imams (680-940 A.D.)
Ottoman Turkish Empire (11th Century-1923 A.D)
Moghul Indian Empire (1504-1857 A.D.)
Fundamental sources : holy Quran and Sunnah
Secondary sources : Ijmaʻ and Qiyās
Controversial additional sources
Five pillars of Islam
Four Sunnite Schools
Islam and capitalist economic growth
Property law : ownership and property
Property law : public property, private property, and possession
Property law : protecting and restricting private ownership
Contract law : general principles and contract formation
Contract law : types of contracts
Contract law : performance, terms, and remedies
Business associations law : traditional types of partnership
Business associations law : modern partnerships and agricultural ventures
Banking law : risk (Gharar)
Banking law : Interest (Ribā)
Banking law : legal devices (Hiyal) and prohibition on interest (Ribā)
Finance (Tamweel) : Islamic bonds (Ṣukūk) and securitization
Finance (Tamweel) : types and risks of Islamic bonds (Ṣukūk)
Finance (Tamweel) : insurance (Takaful) and transfers (Hawālah)
Finance (Tamweel) : innovative instruments and markets
Marriage and divorce
Polygamy and mixed marriages
Rights of wife
Women and clothes
Women and work
Rearing children
Contraception
Abortion
Wills (Waṣāyā), charitable trusts (Waqfs), and euthanasia
Law of succession
Key concepts
Claims of God (Haqq Allāh) : sex crimes
Claims of God (Haqq Allāh) : drinking and stealing
Claims of God (Haqq Allāh) : converting and religious freedom
Private claims (Haqq Allāh)
Overview of Iran's 1979 Islamic Republic Constitution
Nine themes in Iran's 1979 Islamic Republic Constitution
Law of war
Jihad (struggle)
Terrorism
Taliban origins and America's longest war
Taliban return to power.
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