Understanding Islamic law (Sharīʼa) / Raj Bhala.
2016
KBP144 .B49 2016 (Mapit)
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Author
Bhala, Raj, author.
Title
Understanding Islamic law (Sharīʼa) / Raj Bhala.
Edition
Second edition.
Imprint
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2016]
Description
lxxiv, 1379 pages ; 26 cm.
Series
Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
Formatted Contents Note
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
Finance (Tamweel) : types and risks of Islamic bonds (Ṣukūk)
Finance (Tamweel) : insurance (Takaful) and money 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.
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
Finance (Tamweel) : types and risks of Islamic bonds (Ṣukūk)
Finance (Tamweel) : insurance (Takaful) and money 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
RSRVS
Call Number
KBP144 .B49 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781632849502 alkaline paper
163284950X alkaline paper
163284950X alkaline paper
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