Tag Archives: Islamic Law

Islam has allowed a man to marry more than one wife. This has been done for the purpose of solving many social and domestic problems which a family is confronted with from...

The main aim of this module is to introduce student s to comparative perspectives on Islamic law and Human Rights drawing upon English language scholarship in the field. It is intended to provide an understanding of sources of the Islamic...

What are the rulings of His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, concerning the most important Islamic laws of expiation, such as for breaking a fast during the month of Ramadan, breaking an oath, and more...

This text evaluates and analyzes the temporary and permanent natures of Islamic rules. So, first of all, the subject of law has been explained from the...

Islamic Law According to Five Schools of Jurisprudence- Maliki, Hanafi, Hanbali, Shafi`i, and Ja`fari madhhabs- is a compilation of legal opinions of scholars from these schools of thought concerning, family, property, inheritance, and...

The issue of divorce is discussed in this present book. The three main criteria for divorce are: adulthood, sanity and free volition. As with other legal issues there are a lot of similarities and differences between the five Schools of...

This work contains the translation of a selection of new legal rulings that are based on the opinion of the eminent jurist Ayatollah al-'Uzma al-Sayyid 'Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani, who resides in Najaf, Iraq, and is...

In this book Islamic laws explained with focus on the problems and issues faced by the Muslims in the West presented in a question and answer format according to Ayatollah Sistani...

From the logical (ʿaqlī) and Islamic legal (sharʿī) perspective, why is it that children born out of wedlock (illegitimate children), despite the fact that they may be good people, are not allowed to...

ʿIlal al-sharāyiʿ (literally: reasons of the rulings) is an Arabic book written by al-Shaykh al-Saduq (d. 381/991) who was a great jurist (faqih) and hadith scholars of Shi'a in fourth/tenth century...