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  2. Sharia - Wikipedia

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    Many Muslims today believe that contemporary Sharia-based laws are an authentic representation of the pre-modern legal tradition. In reality, they generally represent the result of extensive legal reforms made in the modern era. [206]

  3. Application of Sharia by country - Wikipedia

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    Muslims are bound by Sharia on personal matters, while members of other faiths follow civil law. Muslims are required to follow Sharia in family, property and religious matters. [144] In 1988, the constitution was amended to state that civil courts cannot hear matters that fall within the jurisdiction of Sharia courts. [145]

  4. Fiqh - Wikipedia

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    Fiqh (/ f iː k /; [1] Arabic: فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence. [2] Fiqh is often described as the style of human understanding and practices of the sharia; [3] that is, human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions).

  5. Sources of Sharia - Wikipedia

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    A copy of the Qur'an, one of the primary sources of Sharia. The Qur'an is the first and most important source of Islamic law. Believed to be the direct word of God as revealed to Muhammad through angel Gabriel in Mecca and Medina, the scripture specifies the moral, philosophical, social, political and economic basis on which a society should be constructed.

  6. Islamism - Wikipedia

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    "the belief that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life" (Sheri Berman); [9] the belief that Islam should influence political systems (Cambridge English Dictionary); [44] "the [Islamic] ideology that guides society as a whole and that [teaches] law must be in conformity with the Islamic sharia", (W. E. Shepard); [11]

  7. Topics in Sharia law - Wikipedia

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    Muslims believe that certain human activities and contact with impure animals and substances cause impurity. Classic Islamic law details how to recognize impurity, and how to remedy it. Muslims use water for purification in most circumstances, although earth can also be used under certain conditions.

  8. Principles of Islamic jurisprudence - Wikipedia

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    Islamic Law and Legal Change: The Concept of Maslaha in Classical and Contemporary Legal Theory. Vol. Shari'a: Islamic Law in the Contemporary Context (Kindle ed.). Stanford University Press. Rabb, Intisar A. (2009). "Law. Civil Law & Courts". In John L. Esposito (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  9. Sunnah - Wikipedia

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    According to Muslim belief, Muhammad was the best exemplar for Muslims, [6] and several verses in the Quran declare his conduct exemplary, and enjoin his followers to obey him. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Sunnah provides a basis not only for major laws and rituals in Islam like how to pray salat , but for "even the most mundane activities", such as the ...