As regards Ismaili law, in particular, it is still a largely unexplored field of study. Al-Qadi Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man is generally considered as the founder and the greatest exponent of Ismaili jurisprudence. Many of his works have been lost; scattered information on...
September, 2017
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9 September
Book: Cosmopolitan Orientation of the Process of International Environmental Lawmaking: An Islamic Law Genre
process of regulation in the field of international environmental law belies the complexity of environmental issues that need to be addressed in managing global environmental resources. Although the regulatory process has succeeded in...
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6 September
Book: Toward the reform of private Waqfs
High-net-worth Muslim investors are increasingly investing and accruing wealth in the United Kingdom and the demand for Shariah-compliant wealth-planning structures, such as Waqfs, is growing. This study accepts that Waqf law, as...
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4 September
Book: Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism
At the present time, when so-called Islamic radicalism, terrorism and Jihadism occupy major media space, with Islam often depicted as the main culprit, the book attempts a...
August, 2017
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31 August
Book: Shi’i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq
In the nineteenth century, the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in Ottoman Iraq emerged as the most important Shi'i centres of learning. In a major contribution to the study of pre-modern Middle Eastern religious institutions, Meir Litvak analyses the...
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30 August
Book: Hajj – The Islamic Pilgrimage
As a result of unity of opinion and unanimity arising from believing in one God and being the followers of one Book and one Prophet, all Muslims stand in a single rank facing Kiblah and go round a...
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28 August
Book: Manasik of Hajj by Ayatollah Sistani
Hajj is one of the basic principles of Islam; its performance is one of its essentials, and its non- performance is a grave sin...
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27 August
Book: Hajj Booklet by Sadiq Hassan +PDF
Hence this booklet has been published according to the edicts of four maraaje who are followed by majority of the people: Ayatollah Khoei, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khamenei and Ayatollah Sistani...
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27 August
Book: Manasik (Rituals) of Hajj in Brief
This book details the jurisprudence related to Hajj as per the rulings of Ayatullah al-Uzma, Sayyid Ali Khamenei. Topics such as conditions that make Hajj obligatory, rites of Hajj and Umrah, their respective requirements and...
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25 August
Book: Women and Shari’a Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK
Women and Shari’a Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK is a critique of a paradigm that calls for the introduction of Islamic law in Western legal systems as a means of...