Islamic Law Lexicon :: Madhhab
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
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 :: Ḥadīth
Ḥadīth = “the corpus of traditions from the Prophet”; reports of words and sayings attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad (for Sunnīs) as well as to a series of Imams who succeeded … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ḥadīth
Islamic Law Lexicon :: Fatwā
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 L. & Society 8, 27–51 (2001). Sherman … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Fatwā