PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE

• Main Author: Mohammad Hashim Kamali 1944- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur ILMIAH PUBLISHERS 1998
• Edition: Second Revised Edition
• Subjects: Islamic law > Sources; Islamic law > Interpretation and construction
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• Physical Description: xxi, 432 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9789832092001; 9832092000

This book offers the only detailed presentation available in English of the theory of Muslim law ('usul al-fiqh). Often regarded as the most sophisticated of the traditional Islamic disciplines, Islamic jurisprudence is concerned with the way in which the rituals and laws of religion are derived from the Quran and the Sunnah - the precedent of the Prophet. Revelation, which is given to man to restore unity and help him achieve a just and devout order in society as well as in the soul, must be interpreted so as to render it practicable in every culture, while not betraying its spirit and immutable provisions