Islamic law: from historical foundations to contemporary practice/
Mawil Izzi Dien
- Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
- xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- (New Edinburgh Islamic surveys) .
Part 1, Historical background. The law of the prophet and his companions -- After the orthodox caliphs. The organization of legal subject matter -- Theology and law -- Part 2, The law and its sources. The devine sources. The primary sources (the Qur'an and sunna) -- The sunna of the prophet -- Categories of sunna as legal interpretations of the meanings of the Qur'an -- Ijma' and obtaining the view of umma -- Ijma' today -- The human sources. Oiyas and ijtihad -- Requirements for qiyas -- Istihsan, juristic preference -- Sadd al-dhara'i -- Public interest and the source of law -- Darura, necessity. The interplay between darura and maslaha -- Part 4, The legal mechanisms for understanding the law -- Islamic jurisprudence, usul al-fiqh. The subjects of law -- Understanding the textual expressions. The legal maxims -- Part 5, Legal authority and the future of Islamic law. The "establishment" face of Islamic law -- Authority and the law of resurgence -- Authority and the leberal face if Islamic law -- The "middle way" face of Islamic law -- Islamic legal authority and Western methodology -- Authority and the pious face of Islam : Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia -- Conclusion -- The fatwa and legal authority -- The future of Islamic law.