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An Introduction to the Study of Anglo-Muhammadan Law

1894

When they were brought before him he thus addressed the brother :—" Restore unto the daughters of Slid two-thirds of that which he bath left behind and one-eighth part unto his widow ; the remainder is for thee." The widow was overjoyed and uttered the Takbir7" Great is the Lord ! " Such is the origin of one of the main provsions of the Muhammadan law of inheritance."* The concluding senten [...] On the other hand the recommendations in the second Sur& to put contracts in writing for the prevention of diputes leave us in doubt whether they are mere advice or whether the neglect of the prescribed formalities like failure to satisfy the requirements of the English Statute of Frauds was meant to be an absolute bar to any action on the contract. [...] The Arabs are the only people of the early Middle Ages who in respect of the development and scientific elaboration of the idea of Law can show results at all approaching in grandeur to the creations of the Romans those legislators for the world. [...] The saying is hard to reconcile with the tone of the Sarin itself or with other traditions as to Mahomet's last moments or with the fact that no measures appear to have been taken by the early Caliphs for the preservation of the Surma similar to those taken for the preservation of the Koran. [...] his life on the same task the iiportance of which in the eyes of his countrymen is proved by the crovhis of students who came from all parts of the empire to hear him and stillinore by the dignified bearing he was able to assume in presence of the Caliphs.
law
Pages
176
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.143219
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-viii Roland Wilson view
Chapter I. Mahomet as a Legislator and the Koran as a Law-Book
1-22 unknown view
Chapter II. The Post-Koranic Development of Muhammadan Law So Far as it Proceeded on Orthodox Lines
23-49 unknown view
Chapter III. Unorthodox Development or Muhammadan Law the Motazalas and the Shias
50-71 unknown view
Chapter IV. Muhammadan Law in India Under Muhammadan Rulers
72-88 unknown view
Chapter V. History and Present Footing of Anglo-Muhammadan Law
89-130 unknown view
Chapter VI. Brief Outline of Anglo-Muhammadan Law
131-151 unknown view
Index
i-xi unknown view
Backmatter
i-vi unknown view

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