Understanding Islamic law (Sharīʼa) /

Understanding Islamic law (Sharīʼa) /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Bhala, Raj, author.
Edition:Second edition.
Imprint:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2016]
©2016
Description:lxxiv, 1379 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Islamic law.
Islamic law.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10828265
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ISBN:9781632849502 (alk. paper)
163284950X (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of 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.)
  • Shiiism and its Imāms (680-940 A.D.)
  • Ottoman Turkish Empire (11th Century A.D.-1923)
  • Moghul Indian Empire (1504-1857 A.D.)
  • Fundamental sources : holy Qur'ān and Sunnah
  • Secondary sources : Ījmaʻ and Qiyas
  • Controversial additional sources
  • Five pillars of Islam
  • Four Sunnite schools of Islamic law
  • 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 contract
  • 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 (Ḥiyal) and the prohibition on interest (Ribā)
  • Finance (Tamweel) : Islamic bonds (Ṣukūk) and securitization
  • Finnance (Tamweel) : types and risks of Islamic bonds (Ṣukūk)
  • Finance (Tamweel) : insurance (Takaful) and transfers (Ḥawālah)
  • 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 (Ḥaqq Allāh) : sex crimes
  • Claims of God (Ḥaqq Allāh) : drinking and stealing
  • Claims of God (Ḥaqq Allāh) : converting and religious freedom
  • Private claims (Ḥaqq Ādamī)
  • Law of war
  • Jihād (struggle)
  • Terrorism.

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