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Outlines of Muhammadan Law, 6th Edition

Outlines of Muhammadan Law, 6th Edition

Author: Asaf A. A. Fyzee; Tahir Mahmood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199472628
Published In: March 2018
Format: Paperback , 440 pages
Jurisdiction: India ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback edition of a major updated classic work
Updates provide more than 35 years of new statutory and case law
Maintains the format and intellectual design of the original book
Revising editor among the foremost living authorities on Islamic law

This is the fifth edition of a book that has enjoyed immense popularity for more than six decades. The author was a scholar of not just Islamic law, but very significantly of Islamic jurisprudence, as well as of Arabic and Persian-the original languages in which Islamic laws and Commentaries were written. In a learned and elegantly written introduction, Fyzee gives a detailed background of pre-Islamic Arabia and ancient Arabian customs, tracing the advent of Islam and the origin of Muslim law. The main text covers areas such as marriage and its dissolution, parentage, guardianship, and legitimacy, maintenance and gifts, as well as the Sunnite and Shiite laws of inheritance. The author has made a notable contribution to the study of Muslim law, especially as it is administered in India. The fifth edition, revised and edited by Professor Tahir Mahmood traces developments and modifications that have taken place in Islamic law since the publication of the fourth edition in 1974, highlights new statutory and case law, and also provides brief analytical comments. He remains true to the format and intellectual design of the original book, which remains a study primarily of Indian Islamic law. Wherever relevant, it includes references to the law in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Asaf A. A. Fyzee and Tahir Mahmood

Asaf A.A. Fyzee was among the greatest scholars of Islamic Law in the world. He served in many capacities, including as Principal and Professor of Jurisprudence, Government Law College, Bombay and Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir. Tahir Mahmood is currently Jurist Member, Law Commission of India. Earlier he was Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Chairman of the Minorities Commission, and Member of the Ranganatha Misra Commission for Backward Classes among Minorities.