Contents:

• History of the Growth of the Muhammadan Legal System
• Sciences of Law , Law and Classification of Laws
• Sources of Law
• The Quran and the Traditions
• General
• Interpretation
• Ijma and Customs
• Consensus of Juristic opinion
• Customs and Usages
• Juristic Deduction
• Analogy
• Istihsan or Juristic Equity
• Public Good
• Istidlal
• Ijtihad and Taqlid
• Acts, Rights and Obligations
• Legal Capacity
• Relation of Acts to mind and will
• Ownership
• Possession by virtue of a right
• Acquisition of Ownership
• Original Acquisition and Prescription
• Contract
• Family Law
• Torts and Crimes
• Procedure and Evidence
• Constitutional Law and Administrative Law
• The Law regulating relations between Muslims and Non-Muslims
• Glossary of Arabic Words and Phrases
• Index