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Lexis Nexis Understanding Islamic Law
Comprehensive, expertly written and long-awaited English language treatise on Islamic law.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
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Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
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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 (
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 (
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Table of Contents
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 (ḤIYAL) AND THE PROHIBITION ON INTEREST (RIBB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
Chapter 29 FINANCE (TAMWEEL): ISLAMIC BONDS (ṢUKUK) AND
Chapter 30 FINANCE (TAMWEEL): TYPES AND RISKS OF ISLAMIC BONDS (ṢUKUK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781
Chapter 31 FINANCE (TAMWEEL): INSURANCE (TAKAFUL) AND MONEY TRANSFERS (ḤAWBLAH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 (WAṢBYB), 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 (ḤAQQ ALLBH): SEX CRIMES . . . 1197
Chapter 45 CLAIMS OF GOD (ḤAQQ ALLBH): DRINKING AND STEALING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
Chapter 46 CLAIMS OF GOD (ḤAQQ ALLBH): CONVERTING AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
Chapter 47 PRIVATE CLAIMS (ḤAQQBDAM[) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
