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Title Understanding Islamic law : Sharīʻa / Raj Bhala.
Author Bhala, Raj.
Publication Info. New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis, ©2011.

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 Law Library Reserves  KBP 144 .B43 2011    CHECKED IN
Description lxxi, 1455, [13] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Islamic law.
Islamic law.
Islamic law.
Islam.
examination study guides.
Study guides.
Study guides.
Guides de l'étudiant.
Standard No. 701470816 828613061 1037775207
ISBN 9781422417485 (pbk.)
1422417484 (pbk.)
OCLC # 711959943
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