Understanding islamic law in theory and practice abstract professor mashood baderin of the school of oriental and african studies explains the basic concepts of islamic law he discusses its sources including the distinction between shar icah and fiqh and its methods and principles he concludes with a discussion of the various schools of islamic jurisprudence keyword islamic law i . This text deals with the theory and practice of islamic law in both the formative classic and modern periods and over a range of societies it is divided into four sections dealing with legal theory fatwas and muftis in classical islamic law the position of religious minorities under islamic law and modern developents in islamic law. Islamic law theory and practice original language english publisher ib tauris number of pages 248 isbn print 9781860641190 publication status published 1 mar 1997 fingerprint dive into the research topics of islamic law theory and practice together they form a unique fingerprint islamic law arts humanities ijtihad arts humanities fatwa arts humanities judicial . Islamic law theory and practicehassan hussein isbn 1 86064 652 2 this book as is clear from its title is concerned with aspects of islamic legal theory and practice it is essentially a collection of some of the papers presented at a conference on the same theme held at the university of manchester in 1996. Theory and practice of islamic law the legal texts is found exemplified in geniza practice nor every detail of the geniza practice paralleled in the legal texts there is a substantial coincidence between the two sets of sources with regard to commercial techniques they do not agree in every detail but in many cases the similarities go beyond the general outlines of a specific contract