By Alicia Daniel Sources: Sherman A. Jackson, Kramer versus Kramer in a Tenth/Sixteenth Century Egyptian Court: Post-Formative Jurisprudence between Exigency and Law, Islamic Law and Society 8, no. 1 (2001): … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Madhhab
Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ribâ
This is a definition of ribâ by scholars Mohammad Fadel, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair for the Law and Economics of Islamic Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Ibrahim … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ribâ
Scholarship in “Plain English”: Anver Emon on What We can Learn from Debates about Religious Minorities in Islamic Law
By Alicia Daniel Citation: Anver Emon, Religious Minorities and Islamic Law: Accommodation and the Limits of Tolerance, in Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law: Searching for Common Ground? 323–43 … Continue reading Scholarship in “Plain English”: Anver Emon on What We can Learn from Debates about Religious Minorities in Islamic Law
Review :: Powers on the Role of Endowments, waqf, in Inheritance
Centuries before the trust was developed in English common law, Islamic law developed the waqf, or endowment. The waqf allowed a property owner to separate the title to a property from the … Continue reading Review :: Powers on the Role of Endowments, waqf, in Inheritance
Review :: Clark Lombardi on Sharīʿa as a Source of Legislation
The constitutions of many Muslim-majority countries contain clauses that declare sharīʿa a source of legislation. These “sharīʿaclauses” may name sharīʿa as “a chief source,” “the chief source,” or “the only source,” among others, of … Continue reading Review :: Clark Lombardi on Sharīʿa as a Source of Legislation
Review :: Fadel on the Function of the “Interest Ban” in Islamic Finance
Islamic finance creates financial products specifically aimed at Muslims that are sharīʿa compliant. Many scholars have condemned Islamic finance for condemning ribā (interest) on the one hand, particularly where usurious, but then many others … Continue reading Review :: Fadel on the Function of the “Interest Ban” in Islamic Finance
Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ijtihād: the direct interpretation of scripture
This entry provides a definition and analysis of the term ijtihād, drawing on works by SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Sherman A. Jackson, King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ijtihād: the direct interpretation of scripture
Islamic Law Lexicon :: Qurʾān: the primary Islamic religious text
By Alicia Daniel Citation: Sherman A. Jackson, Kramer versus Kramer in a Tenth/Sixteenth Century Egyptian Court: Post-Formative Jurisprudence between Exigency and Law, Islamic Law and Society 8, no. 1 (2001): … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Qurʾān: the primary Islamic religious text
Scholarship in “Plain English”: Sherman Jackson on the Primacy of Domestic Politics
By Alicia Daniel Citation: Alicia Daniel, Review of Sherman A. Jackson, The Primacy of Domestic Politics: Ibn Bint Al-Aʿazz and the Establishment of Four Chief Judgeships in Mamlūk Egypt [Journal … Continue reading Scholarship in “Plain English”: Sherman Jackson on the Primacy of Domestic Politics
Islamic Law Lexicon :: Sunna: Reports of the Prophet Muhammad’s and other Leading Islamic Authorities’ Normative Example
By Alicia Daniel Citation: Sherman A. Jackson, Kramer versus Kramer in a Tenth/Sixteenth Century Egyptian Court: Post-Formative Jurisprudence between Exigency and Law, Islamic Law and Society 8, no. 1 (2001): … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Sunna: Reports of the Prophet Muhammad’s and other Leading Islamic Authorities’ Normative Example