Islamic Law Research: Major Print and Electronic Resources

Contemporary translation of the Hidayah, the 800-year-old multivolume work used by Muslim jurists to issue Islamic-law rulings; the Hidayah is one of the most widely read book of Islamic jurisprudence in the Muslim world and is used as a primary text in Islamic schools and seminaries. Includes introduction by translator, glossary, and detailed index.

Translations of the short, hymnic chapters, or suras, associated with the first revelations to the Prophet Muhammad.

From publisher: "Bidayat al-Mujtahid" occupies a unique place among the authoritative manuals of Islamic law; it is designed to prepare the jurist for the task of the mujtahid, the independent jurist, who derives the law and lays down precedents to be followed by the judge in the administration of justice. In this manual Ibn Rushd traces most of the issues of Islamic law, describing not only what the law is, but also elaborating the methodology of some of the greatest legal minds in Islam to show how such laws were derived. This text provides a still-relevant basis for the interpretation and formulation of Islamic law. Subject areas covered include marriage and divorce; sale and exchange of goods; wages, crop-sharing and speculative partnership; security for debts and insolvency; gifts, bequests and inheritance; and offenses and judgments.

Written in the second Islamic century by al-Imam al-Shafi'i (d. 204AH/820AD), the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, this important work gives the fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence. Khadduri adds a comprehensive introduction to the translation, starting with the historical background of the Risala and an outline of Shafii’s biography.

Collection of the traditions taught by the Prophet and the Imams and handed down to the Muslim Community by the disciples of the Imams.

This five-volume set includes a history of sharia implementation and reproduces important primary documents such as the Sharia Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes and other committee reports and white papers.