Tag Archives: Islamic Law

Islamic Laws of the Female Reproductive Cycle offers a clear and comprehensive guide to the Islamic rules surrounding the female reproductive cycle. While Islamic laws are universal, women face specific guidelines for menstruation (haydh), non-menstrual bleeding (istihadhah), and....

This conference aims to bring together scholars working on colonial law in Muslim contexts who are interested in ‘gender-coded law’ (i.e. all legal domains that automatically invoke connotations of gender)...

This type of Zakat should be set aside on the eve of Eid al-Fitr and be paid on the day itself, which marks the first day of the month of Shawwal. It may also be paid earlier to a delegated person/organization, who will take the appropriate steps to distribute it during the....

Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil has conditions among which that there should be a reasonable possibility that they might accept. Non Muslims need first to believe in Allah and His messenger Muhammad (SAWA) before we talk to them about performing Prayers and...

In this collected volume, Aharon Layish demonstrates that legal documents are an essential source for legal and social history....

Birth Control and family planning from the Sunni Scholars’ Point of Views.

The Fatwa Centre of Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Islamic institution, issued a statement on Sunday that it is permissible for Muslims to give Zakat (charitable alms) to assist Palestinians suffering the effects of Israeli attacks. The Fatwa Centre also indicated that the givers, in this case, receive two rewards: …

In accordance with strict Islamic law and guidelines, a slaughtered animal is considered halal when its feed is also considered halal.

Jurisprudence has a history of eleven hundred years, meaning that for eleven centuries, without a break

Some schools of fiqh which supported qiyas, especially the Hanafi school, believed in the role of reason in ijtihad....