Outlines of Muslim Personal Law
- by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (Author)
This book serves as a brief outline intended as a practical handbook for students. A more detailed work for lawyers and researchers is in preparation. It presents traditional Islamic law, primarily of the Hanafi school, and highlights areas where it has been modified by statute or case law. In some instances, it differs from other works, such as Mulla’s Code, where those views do not align with traditional Islamic law.
Outlines of Muslim Personal Law
- by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (Author)
This small book is exactly what the title says it is: an outline. It is meant as a convenient handbook for the student. A more detailed “code” is being written to meet the needs of lawyers and researchers, and will hopefully be published soon.
The purpose of this small book is to lay down the traditional law of Islam first, especially the law of the Hanafi school, and then to identify the points on which this law has been altered by statute or by case law. The purpose is not to identify the law first and then to fill the gaps with traditional law, which is what is done for the common law.
On a few occasions, this outline differs from the position taken by other publications, especially Mulla’s Code. The reason is that the position taken by such works, in these cases, is not in conformity with the traditional Islamic law.
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