27 results for “law”
Clear filterThe fourth Rightly-Guided Caliph, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, known for his bravery and knowledge.
...foundational treatise on Islamic governance, constitutional law, and political theory.
...red the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law) in his work al-Muwafaqat.
The most influential scholar of the Indian subcontinent, translator of the Quran into Persian.
Indian scholar and founder of the Tablighi Jama'at, one of the largest Islamic grassroots movements in the world. Emphasized door-to-door dawah and self-reforma
...anafi jurist and one of the foremost authorities on Islamic law in the modern period. Author of al-Madkhal al-Fiqhi al-Amm ...
... of Muslim Scholars. Author of over 120 books including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam, and a prominent voice for c...
Yemeni Ba'Alawi scholar and Sufi master from Tarim, author of influential ...
Hadhrami Ba'Alawi scholar who authored 'Simthut Thahabin,' a devotional poem...
...hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab, influencing major reform mo...
...Professor at Georgetown University, specializing in Islamic law and hadith sciences, author of major English-language works...
... a leading academic voice on Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic law in the West, and the African-American Muslim experience.
...Laban and first wife of Prophet Yaqub AS (Jacob), mother of Lawi (Levi) and Yahudha (Judah). Ancestor of Musa AS through La...
...ads and narrated the famous hadith on halal and haram: 'The lawful is clear, the unlawful is clear...'
An Ansari companion and Badr veteran, father-in-law of Umar ibn al-Khattab's son. He was martyred at Bi'r Ma'un...
...slamic history, engaging philosophy, theology, science, and law. A master of kalam (Ash'ari school), his approach was influ...
...r of Bada'i' al-Sana'i', a systematic masterpiece of Hanafi law.
Foremost Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent; synthesizer of the four madhabs and author of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah.
Pioneer of hadith studies in India; author of Ashi'at al-Lam'at (commentary on Mishkat) and introducer of formal hadith scholarship to the subcontinent.
The greatest Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent. Author of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah, a landmark work reconciling the four madhabs through hadith.
...of the six canonical hadith collections focusing on Islamic law. He reviewed 500,000 hadiths and selected 4,800 for his Sun...
...ng the concept of maqasid al-shariah (objectives of Islamic law).
...st comprehensive modern encyclopedia of comparative Islamic law.
...tive modern introduction to Islamic jurisprudence and civil law.
Greatest scholar of Kufa in the Tabi'un era. Expert in law, hadith, and history with an extraordinary memory.
...ndational text on Maqasid al-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law).
...ted his father's mastery of Quranic recitation, inheritance law, and legal knowledge, and was widely consulted for fatwas.