Reliance of the Traveller: Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law

This is the go to for an English interpretation of shafi’i fiqh rulings. It’s easy to navigate with the use of the index, and you can find most answers that you need from this book. I would recommend following up with someone who has knowledge in order to ensure you are interpreting rulings correctly.

I recommend the Arabic verses that don't have a translation like page 610.

Alhamdulillah for Allah (swt) bringing this knowledge into my life. Very easy read but by no means vague in its approach. Removes all doubt from a believer or non believer. You have the answers to many unanswered in biasd answered questions. This is a poweful reference and great pathway to building and increasing your knowledge and understanding Islam the right way.

Very useful Shafi'i fiqh manual. And a fantastic appendix which discusses contemporary contentious issues.

Once again, I am using books like to further my knowledge of islam. Europeans need to know.

Great price and come on times

Excellent

Excellent book highly recommended. Book is under shafi madhab.

Islamisches Recht komplett. Lohnt sich wenn man die praktisch Rechtliche seite von Islam Verstehen möchte. Alle gesetze für das Leben der muslime.

ハッラーフやナワウィー等のシャーフィイー派法学者の言説や、過去のイジュマー等を項目毎に纏めてある法学書です。 アラビア語も載っている上に英訳も非常に明瞭なので読みやすい。 イスラーム法を研究するならば持っていて損はないでしょう。

If you want to know what sharia includes, read this book. It does not define sharia directly, but it provides over 1,200 pages of Islamic jurisprudence with thousands of examples of how it is expressed.

With the current conflicts between Islamists and Western societies, between islamists and Christians, Islamists and Jews, and, seemingly, between Islamists and all non-Muslims, it is very worthwhile for all non-Muslims to have a accurate, authoritative reference to Islamic law and jurisprudence. This is one such reference. This book is subtitled "The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law" by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (died 769/1368) and contains endorsements by Abd al-Wakil Durubi, Imam of the Mosque of Darwish Pasha, Damascus, Syria in April 1988 and by Nuh' Ali Salmon, Mufti of the Jordanian Armed Forces, dated February 1989. It has Arabic text alongside the English translation. Here are some examples of interest to non-Muslims: On Jews and Christians: "....any Jew, or Christian who hears of me [the Prophet] and dies without believing in what I have been sent with will be inhabitants of hell..." [page 848]; "Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam will never have it accepted of him, and he will be of those who have truly failed in the hereafter." [page 849] Lying to pursue Jihad: "whether the purpose is war, settling a disagreement, or gaining the sympathy of a victim legally entitled to retaliate against one so that he will forbear to do so; it is not unlawful to lie when any of these aims can only be attained through lying. But it is religiously more precautionary in all such cases to employ words with give a misleading impression, meaning to intend by one's words something that is literally true; in respect to which one is not lying, while the outward purport of the words deceives the hearer, though even if one does not have such an intention and merely lies without intending anything else, it is not unlawful in the above circumstances." [pages 745-46] Non Muslims In An Islamic State: "The Caliph makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (provided he has first invited them to enter Islam in faith and practice, and if they will not, then invited them to enter the social order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax) until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax...... The Caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim....." [pages 602-03] "The minimum non-Muslim poll tax is one dinar [4.235 grams of gold] per person [per year]. The maximum is whatever the two sides agree upon. It is collected with leniency and politeness, as are all debts, and is not levied on women, children, or the insane. Such non-Muslim subjects are obligated to comply with Islamic rules that pertain to the safety and indemnity of life, reputation, and property. In addition, they: - are penalized for committing adultery or theft, though not for drunkenness; - are distinguished from Muslims by dress, wearing a wide cloth belt; - are not greeted with 'as-Salamu 'alaykum'; - must keep to the side of the street; - may not build higher than or as high as the Muslims' buildings; - are forbidden to openly display wine or pork, to ring church bells or display crosses, recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public displays of their funerals and feast days; - and are forbidden to build new churches.............." Those are just a few. There are many more. This book is a very useful and authoritative manual on Islamic law and jurisprudence. Given current conflicts between Islamists and Western societies, and between Islamists and non-Muslims in general, this book is a very useful reference for all non-Muslims.