- In Early Islamic Law in Ḥadīth Texts from Basra: The Book of Prayer and The Book of Marriage by Jābir b. Zayd (d. c. 93/712-3) (Brill), Abdulrahman al-Salmi (German University of Technology) observes that “these two authentic texts, which include Islamic law topics and ḥadīth of the Prophet, date from the last quarter of the 7th/1st century. As typical examples of the early Islamic literary style employed in writings about the Islamic jurisprudence and the way in which the isnāds and matns (transmitters and content- main bodies of the ḥadīth) are recorded, they offer present-day researchers in those fields an illustration of the way in which the ḥadīth were narrated during that period. Noteworthy, van Ess’s hypothesis about these texts holds plausible accuracy and helping to traces Ibadi ancestor in Basra down to early two decades of 3rd/9th century. It shows a vertically progress of the early Islamic law schools in Iraq within the regional perspective.
- In “Operationalising Green Sukuk within the World Bank environmental and social framework” (Discover Environment), recent PIL Senior Research Fellow Wan Mohd Zulhafiz Wan Zahari (International Islamic University Malaysia) “examines the integration of Green Sukuk—Shariah-compliant sustainable finance instruments—into the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). Green Sukuk have emerged as innovative vehicles for mobilising capital towards renewable energy, climate adaptation, and sustainable infrastructure, yet they currently lack formal recognition within the ESF. Drawing on doctrinal legal analysis, comparative case studies of Malaysia and Indonesia, and policy evaluation, this study argues that formal ESF recognition would elevate Green Sukuk from voluntary ethical instruments to enforceable tools within the global sustainable finance framework.”