Understanding Islamic Law

This Understanding treatise gives the essential foundational materials for the study of Islamic Law and covers several other pertinent fields: banking and finance, contracts, criminal law, family law, and property. The book includes Arabic terms, in English, with diacritical marks to assist in pronunciation, provides a glossary of Arabic terms, and incorporates recent developments. It is a thorough and balanced text that can be used without supplementation in a one-semester Islamic Law course.