Succession in the Muslim Family

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278 pp. hardback binding in d/w, original cloth, biblio.; index, stamp on title page, dust jacket slightly torn on edges, copy clean in very good condition, new. Muslim law and rules for dealing with the distribution of a dead person's property differ greatly from western law. The system of Muslim law, the Shari'a, is derived from the Qur'an and the words of the Prophet himself, and is therefore believed to be a divine inspiration, and not man-made. A variety of schools of law have grown up which interpret the Prophet's sayings, and the practical effect of these different rules of interpretation varies considerably. Recent codifications have not necessarily remained within the classical Muslim legal traditions, and have introduced further differences.