Hāshiyat al-Bajūrī

Posted on November 6, 2018October 27, 2021 by islamiclawblog

By Aaron Spevack Source: Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī, Ḥāshiya al-Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī ʿalā Sharḥ al-ʿAlāma Ibn al- Qāsim al-Ghazzī ʿalā Matn al-Shaykh Abī Shujāʿ. Beirut: Dār al-Kutūb al-ʿIlmiyya, 1999. The excerpt that … Continue reading Hāshiyat al-Bajūrī

Al-Qarāfī’s collection of legal distinctions

Posted on October 17, 2018October 27, 2021 by islamiclawblog and Mariam Sheibani

By Mariam Sheibani Source: Al-Qarāfī, Shihāb al-Dīn. Kitāb al-furūq aw Anwār al-burūq fī anwāʿ al-furūq. 3rd ed. Edited by Muḥammad Sarrāj and ʿAlī Jumuʿa. 2 vols. Cairo: Dār al-Salām, 2010. … Continue reading Al-Qarāfī’s collection of legal distinctions

Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ’s fatwā

Posted on October 9, 2018October 27, 2021 by islamiclawblog and Mariam Sheibani

By Mariam Sheibani Source: Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ al-Shahrazūrī. Fatāwā wa-masāʾil Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ. Edited by ʿAbd al-Muṭīʿ Amīn Qalʿajī. 2 vols. Beirut: Dār al-Maʿrifa, 1986/1406. General Description: This excerpt is a response … Continue reading Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ’s fatwā

Let us find an easy solution but compatible with sharī’a

Posted on September 11, 2018October 27, 2021 by islamiclawblog

By Ohannes Kilicdagi The marginal note mentioned in my previous note is a note written by a bureaucrat, most probably by the Grand Wazīr, to the sultan to inform him … Continue reading Let us find an easy solution but compatible with sharī’a

Classical and Contemporary Scholarly Understandings of Verses 97 to 100 of An-Nisāʾ

Posted on August 21, 2018October 27, 2021 by islamiclawblog

By Hamzah Raza Verses 97 to 100 of Surah an-Nisāʾ, the fourth chapter of the Qur'ān, refer to one of the most consequential events in Islamic history. The hijrah was … Continue reading Classical and Contemporary Scholarly Understandings of Verses 97 to 100 of An-Nisāʾ

The Role of Maqāṣid in Ijtihād

Posted on June 30, 2018October 27, 2021 by islamiclawblog

By Mohammad A. Abderrazzaq Primary Source book: Princeton collection version of Vol. 4 of Shāṭibī, Ibrahīm ibn Mūsa. al-Juzʼ al-awwal [-al-rābiʿ] min kitāb al-muwāfaqāt. Tūnis: Maṭbaʻat al-Dawlah al-Tūnisiyyah, 1302 [1884]. … Continue reading The Role of Maqāṣid in Ijtihād

Wilāyat al-Faqīh and Collecting the Fifth: A Theory of Khums

Posted on February 24, 2015October 27, 2021 by islamiclawblog

By Mohammad Sagha The issue this paper seeks to address is how Ayatollāh Sayyīd Rūhullāh Khumaynī (d. 1386 sh./1989) conceptualized the collection of khums under the theory of the “Guardianship … Continue reading Wilāyat al-Faqīh and Collecting the Fifth: A Theory of Khums

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2 events 19 2 events, 19 2026-10-19 Position Opening: Assistant Professor in the Pre-Modern History of the Islamicate Middle East or Central Asia, University of Chicago, October 19, 2026 Position Opening: Assistant Professor in the Pre-Modern History of the Islamicate Middle East or Central Asia, University of Chicago, October 19, 2026 October 19 Position Opening: Assistant Professor in the Pre-Modern History of the Islamicate Middle East or Central Asia, University of Chicago, October 19, 2026 From the organizers: The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor, in the Pre-Modern History … Continue reading 2026-10-19 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026 October 19 @ 6:00 pm - November 16 @ 7:30 pm Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026 We are very excited to share with you the MEBB fall schedule. We will be meeting from 6:00-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. To … Continue reading	2 events 20 2 events, 20 2026-10-20 Call for Papers: Constitutional Moments Conference, Champaign, Illinois, October 20, 2026 Call for Papers: Constitutional Moments Conference, Champaign, Illinois, October 20, 2026 October 20 Call for Papers: Constitutional Moments Conference, Champaign, Illinois, October 20, 2026 Conference series on Constitutional History: Comparative Perspectives March 8-9, 2027 An international conference sponsored by: University of Illinois College of Law University of Bologna Department of Legal Studies Center for … Continue reading 2026-10-19 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026	2 events 21 2 events, 21 2026-10-21 Position Opening: Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 21, 2026 Position Opening: Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 21, 2026 October 21 Position Opening: Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 21, 2026 From the organizers: This is an open-rank tenure-track or tenured position in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We … Continue reading 2026-10-19 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026	1 event 22 1 event, 22 2026-10-19 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026	1 event 23 1 event, 23 2026-10-19 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026	1 event 24 1 event, 24 2026-10-19 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026	1 event 25 1 event, 25 2026-10-19 Workshop: Mathias Ghyoot, “Between Self-Help and Imperial Favor: The Rise of Islamic Voluntary Associations in Ottoman Syria,” Middle East Beyond the Borders, Harvard University, October 19, 2026
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