Illustrated Manuscript
1. Editor: Muhi al-Din Lari, “Futuh al-Haramain (Description of Holy Cities) of Muhi al-Din Lari folio 10 recto: the mosque in Mecca with the Kaaba in the middle (the black building)” Ottoman period (c.1280-1924), Mid-16th century, Attributed to: Turkey, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Rogers Fund, 1932; Courtesy of ARTstor.
Shari'a and Fiqh
Shari'a is a broad term for Islamic law, literally meaning the "path" that Muslims should follow. Shari'a is derived from the Qu'ran and the Sunnah, by techniques broadly defined as fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence.
A definition of shari'a and fiqh
Notable Persons in Law
Below, you'll find an abbreviated list of notable Islamic fuqahah and commentators:
Books on Shari'a
- A history of Islamic law - N.J. Coulson
Call Number: D199.3 I8 2 1978 - The origins of Muhammadan jurisprudence - Joseph Schacht
Call Number: BP145 S3 1959 - Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas : the first formulation of Islamic law - Mālik ibn Anas, d. 795
Call Number: BP166.14 M3 M35 1989 - The history of al-Ṭabarī - Tabari
Call Number: DS38.2 T313 - Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Christopher Melchert
Call Number: BP80.I255 M45 2006 - The theology of al-Ashʻarī - Richard J. McCarthy
Call Number: BP161 A7 1953 - al-Imām Muḥammad ibn Idris al-Shāfiʻi's al-Risāla fī uṣūl al-fiqh : treatise on the foundations of Islamic jurisprudence - Majid Khadduri
Call Number: KBL0 .S513 1997
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