Islamic Legal Interpretation
Subtitle: Muftis and Their Fatwas (Harvard Middle Eastern Studies)
Contributors: Muhammad Khalid Masud (Editor); Brinkley Messick (Editor); David Powers (Editor)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: August 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780674468702
Subjects: Islam; Islamic Law; Islamic studies; Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law; Reference; Islam - General; General; Religion; Politics / Current Events; Islamic countries; Islam - Law; Law / Legal History; Fatwas; Interpretation and constructio; Interpretation and construction; Muftis (Muslim officials)
First sentence: An important division of juristic labor marks the relation of the shari a, or Islamic law, to the concrete world of human affairs.