State’s Crimes Against Humanity (P/B)
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In order for Human Beings to survive or to develop their potentials to develop others, certain needs must be satisfied. More often these needs are frustrated by natural calamities of man-made sufferings e.g. oppression, persecution, maltreatment etc. >The atrocities committed by Nazi’s after the Second World War; by Serbs against defenseless Muslim civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other ethnic groups. It is only now that the World is crying for regulations and punishments for these atrocities. >But, fourteen centuries ago, Islam through the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah had laid down rules and regulations to safeguard the dignity of human beings and the punishment upon breaching these regulations. >This book, through comparative study, highlights the contribution of Islamic Law to International Law when dealing with crimes against humanity e.g. genocide, deportation, torture, persecution, ethnic cleansing etc. This book is a very useful tool for law students, lawyers and Judges who are dealing with International Law.
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The Accessible Conspectus
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The Accessible Conspectus: A Commentary on Abu Shuja’al-Asfahani (Matn al-Ghayat wa-l-Taqrib)
For centuries, Abu Shuja al-Asfahani’s legal primer Matn al-Ghayat wa-l-Taqrib (The Ultimate Conspectus) has been a standard text for introducing students of the Shafii school of Islamic law to the full range of basic legal issues. Students will often start their studies by reading it from a basic commentary with their instructor. Many students will read it again from more advanced commentaries as they progress in their mastery of the subject. This volume presents an amiable commentary that makes Abu Shuja’s primer accessible to new students. It uses contemporary language and examples to help readers build a sound foundation in Islamic law. The Accessible Conspectus is a perfect companion to The Ultimate Conspectus.
$19.09
The Concise Presentation of the Fiqh of the Sunnah and the Noble Book
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Written by Dr. Abdul-Azeem Badawi and translated by Jamal al-Din M. Zarabozo, The Concise Presentation of the Fiqh of the Sunnah and the Noble Book covers the fiqh of diverse topics like purity, prayer, fasting, zakah, pilgrimage, marriage, business transactions, foods, inheritance, criminal offenses, and jihad. Dr. Badawi relies only on the Quran and the Sunnah, making it an authentic Islamic book on fiqh and a collection of sound hadiths.
$20.45
The Epistle On Legal Theory: A Translation of Al-Shafii’s Risalah
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The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi’i (d. 204/820), was the eponym of the Shafi’i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam. This fascinating work offers the first systematic treatment in Arabic of key issues in Islamic legal thought. These include a survey of the importance of Arabic as the language of revelation, principles of textual interpretation to be applied to the Qur’an and prophetic Traditions, techniques for harmonizing apparently contradictory precedents, legal epistemology, rules of inference, and discussions of when legal interpretation is required. The author illustrates his theoretical claims with numerous examples drawn from nearly all areas of Islamic law, including ritual law, commercial law, tort law, and criminal law. The text thus provides an important window into both Islamic law and legal thought in particular and early Islamic intellectual history in general .
This new translation by a leading scholar of al-Shafi’i and his thought makes available in lucid, modern English one of the earliest complete works on Islamic law—one that is centrally important for the formation of Islamic legal thought and the Islamic legal tradition.
$19.32
The Evident Memorandum
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The Evident Memorandum: A Translation and Commentary for Ibn al-Mulaqqin al-Shāfiʿī’s Al-Tadhkirah fi al-fiqh
This volume contains an original commentary for Al-Tadhkirah (The Memorandum), a legal primer for Islamic Law according to the later scholars of the Shāfiʿī school by Ibn al-Mulaqqin, an Egyptian scholar who died in 804 AH/1401 CE. The commentary introduces essential evidence for the core issues of Islamic Law from its primary sources (the Quran, Sunnah, legal analogy, and scholarly consensus).
The Arabic text of Al-Tadhkirah is approximately 8,500 words in length. It is two hundred words longer than Abū Shujāʿ al-Aṣfahānī (b. 433AH/1042CE)’s Matn al-ghāyat wa-l-taqrīb (published as The Ultimate Conspectus). Although the two are roughly the same size, Ibn Mulaqqin’s style is more economical than Abū Shujāʿ’s, allowing him to cover more within the same word count. And while Ibn Mulaqqin discusses more issues, he does occasionally skip a few details that Abū Shujāʿ includes.
The primary sources for comments in this book are Ibn Mulaqqin’s books of fiqh, including Sharḥ Mukhtasar al-Tabrīzī, ʿUjālat al-muḥtāj, and Khulāṣat al-fatāwī. The bulk of the commentary comes from Sharḥ Mukhtaṣar al-Tabrīzī. Comments and hadith in the commentary can be sourced back to either one of Ibn Mulaqqin’s fiqh texts or a Shāfiʿī fiqh text through an appendix that cross-references each chapter and section in this book against its sources. Each hadith mentioned in the book is traced back to its primary sources, along with a reference to one or more of Ibn Mulaqqin’s hadith works. In the few instances where a hadith is not included in one of Ibn Mulaqqin’s works, it is referenced it to a Shāfiʿī text that does. Through this, readers can be assured that the hadiths cited here are ones that Shāfiʿīs themselves use.
Readers will find the book most beneficial after reading The Accessible Conspectus and Sharh al-Waraqat.
$28.41
The Evolution of Fiqh (H/B)
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In The Evolution of Fiqh: Islamic Law & the Madh-habs, Dr. Bilal Philips presents a brief overview of the historical development of Islamic law and its schools of jurisprudence (the madh-habs). This authentic Islamic book on fiqh identifies the main reason for the appearance of the madh-habs and the factors leading to differences among them, with a call to understanding juristic differences and removing them where possible.
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The Fiqh of Medicine
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This book is based on the author’s doctoral thesis, Responses in Islamic Jurisprudence to Developments in Medical Science. It examines some of the most burning issues of the last four decades of the twentieth century. He examines in depth a wide range of legal and moral aspects of responsibility and medical liability within the context of the deen of Islam, with particular reference to: euthanasia, prevention and termination of pregnancy, reproduction and cloning, and transplantation. What are the bases in fiqh that guide medical practitioners in their daily work as they avail themselves of the developments in medical science?
Dr. Ahmed Abdel Aziz has provided the medical profession and fuqaha with what may well prove to be a standard reference.
$15.23
The Fiqh Of Worship; Commentary on Ibn Qudamah’s Umdat al-Fiqh (The Reliable Source of Fiqh) (H/B)
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The Fiqh of Worship is a translation of and commentary on Ibn Qudâmah’s highly esteemed ‘Umdat al-Fiqh, an abridged book of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) according to the Hanbali school. Dr. Hatem al-Haj has translated and elaborated on it, noting the opinions of other schools of Islamic jurisprudence, thus giving the English-speaking student a broader base for his or her understanding of fiqh. The author has made the difficult subject of fiqh easier to learn and more comprehensible by using visual aids and a unique symbol system.
This book is a must-have for the serious student of knowledge. In the author’s words. This knowledge will only be beneficial if it is sought for Allah’s sake, coupled with compassionate devotion towards Him and diligent adherence to the way of our most beloved, Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). It will be retained only by frequent reviews, and confirmed by teaching it to those who are less knowledgeable. Worship, when devoutly observed and correctly performed, is the ultimate human function for which people were created, and the only way to attain the ultimate success, being the pleasure of our Lord (Exalted is He).
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The Freedom of Opinion in Islam
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In this short but important treatise, Shaykh ‘Abdus-Salâm al-Basyoni weighs in on the ongoing global discourse about freedom of expression. He reviews the history of freedom of opinion in the West and compares that with how Islam approaches the issue. He examines the arguments in favour of unrestricted freedom of expression in light of some actual consequences. Shaykh al-Basyoni demonstrates that the freedom to express one’s opinion is a fundamental right that is respected and protected by Islamic law. He argues that this right is embedded in the laws and principles of Islam, and shows how crucial limitations placed upon freedom of opinion work to protect the rights of individuals, their privacy, their property and their honour, as well as to preserve the sanctity of human life and the security of human societies. The English translation of this book
was written by Ahmad Rami ash-Shahid.
$3.18
The Islamic Concept of Justice
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The Islamic Concept of Justice By Umar Ahmed Kassir
Praise Due to Allah, We praise him, seek his Aid, and ask for his forgiveness. we seek refuge with Allah from the evil of ourselves and from the evil of our actions. Whomsoever Allah Guides, none can guide. Glory be to Allah, The One, The Self-Sufficient Master, For there is no deity but Allah. I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah.
This book, on the Islamic Concept of Justice, consists essentially of a review and analysis of the basic evidence taken from the Quran and Sunnah on the subject. It seeks to show, in particular, the Quranic aspect of universal justice, which transcends the particular boundaries of any rigid framework that might otherwise have restricted the progress of humanity, as well as the concept of justice within Islam. It explains the fact that the Messengers and Prophets were sent to tech the principle of justice, among other things.
$6.36