Islamic Jurisprudence
Jamia Millia Islamia · LL.B. Semester 3
Unit I — INTRODUCTION
Definition of Law: Comparison between God-Given and Man-Made Laws- Origin and Development of Muslim Law · Pre-Islamic Arabia: Socio-Legal Conditions · Islam after Prophet Mohammad (SAW): The Prophet of Islam and Impact of Islam on West and Modern Technology and Democracy
Unit II — SOURCES-I
Who is a Muslim? · Muslim Law as Applied and Interpreted in India: Operation of Muslim Law Legislative Enactments-The Muslim Personal Law (Shari’at) Application Act, · Sources of Islamic Law: The Holy Quran-Hadith and Sunnah
Unit III — SOURCES-II
Secondary Sources: Ijma (Consensus of Opinions) and Qiyas (Analogy) · Ijtehad and Taqlid · Equity, Justice and Good Conscience
Unit IV — SCHOOLS OF ISLAMIC LAW
Schools of Islamic Law: General Introduction · Sunni Schools: Hanafi –Maliki-Shafie-Hanbali-Tasawwuf-Sufism · Shia Schools: Ja’fari or Imāmī School-Ismaeli School-Zaidiya School
Unit V — ISLAMIC LEGAL SYSTEM
Democracy and Islamic System of Shura-Concept of Justice and Sharia Adalat · Concept of Conversion and Apostasy under Islam · Rights of Muslim Women and the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939- Right of Maher, Maintenance and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986