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Understanding Islamic law [electronic resource] : Sharīʻa / Raj Bhala.

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Main Author: Bhala, Raj (Author)
Other title:Sharīʻa.
Lexis Digital Library.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis, [2011]
Series:Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Islamic law.
Study aids.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Muhammad (PBUH) before prophethood (570/571-610 A.D.)
  • Muhammad (PBUH) as prophet (610-632 A.D.)
  • Holy quran (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.)
  • The 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 : [Ijma 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 information
  • Contract law : types and 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 (Ribb)
  • Banking law : legal devices (Hiyal) and the prohibition on interest (Ribb)
  • Finance (Tamweel) : Islamic bonds (Sukuk) and securitization
  • Finance (Tamweel) : types and risks of Islamic bonds (Sukuk)
  • Finance (Tamweel) : insurance (Takaful) and money transfers (Hawalah)
  • Marriage and divorce
  • Rights of wife
  • Women and work
  • Women and clothes
  • Rearing children
  • Contraception
  • Abortion
  • Wills (Wasaya), charitable trusts (Waqfs), and euthanasia
  • Law of succession
  • Key concepts
  • Claims of God (Haqq Allah) : sex crimes
  • Claims of God (Haqq Allah) : drinking and stealing
  • Claims of God (Haqq Allah) : converting and religious freedom
  • Private claims (Haqq adami)
  • Law of war
  • Jihad (Struggle)
  • Terrorism.

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