Hallaq
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Wael B. Hallaq
James McGill Professor of Islamic Studies (McGill University)
The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
"Covering more than three centuries of legal history, this study presents an important account of how Islam developed its own law from ancient Near Eastern legal cultures, Arabian customary law and Qur'anic reform. The book explores the interplay between law and politics, demonstrating how the jurists and ruling elite led a symbiotic existence that paradoxically allowed Islamic law to become uniquely independent of the "state."
- www.tebyan.net
About Islamic Jurisprudence:
Islamic jurisprudence, (Arabic: فقه translit: Fiqh) is made up of the rulings (Fatwa) of Muslim Islamic jurists (Ulema) to direct the lives of the Muslims. It is one of the fields of study in Islamic studies.
Muslims believe the Qur'an to be the direct words of Allah, as revealed to and transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad. All sources of Islamic law must be in essential agreement with the Qur'an, the most fundamental source of Islamic knowledge. When the Qur'an itself does not speak directly or in detail about a certain subject, Muslims only then turn to alternative sources of Islamic law.
Discussion of The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law:
Chapter 2: The emergence of an Islamic legal ethic
Chapter 3: The early judges, legal specialists and the serach for religious authority
Outside Resources
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence
Islamic Sources of Information and their Development into Islamic Law
