Understanding Islamic law : Shari'a / Raj Bhala.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Muhammad (PBUH) before prophethood (570/571-610 A.D.) -- Muhammad (PBUH) as prophet (610-632 A.D.) -- Holy Qur'an (610-650 A.D.) : revelation, compilation, and tenets -- Caliphs of Mecca and Medina (Rashidun) (632-661 A.D.) -- Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 A.D.) -- Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 A.D.) -- Crusades (1095-1272 A.D.) -- Sunni - Shiite split (632-680 A.D.) -- Shiism and its Imams (680-940 A.D.) -- Ottoman Turkish Empire (11th Century-1923 A.D) -- Moghul Indian Empire (1504-1857 A.D.) -- Fundamental sources : holy Quran and Sunnah -- Secondary sources : Ijma{u086E}d Qiy✹ -- Controversial additional sources -- Five pillars of Islam -- Four Sunnite Schools -- Islam and capitalist economic growth -- Property law : ownership and property -- Property law : public property, private property, and possession -- Property law : protecting and restricting private ownership -- Contract law : general principles and contract formation -- Contract law : types of contracts -- Contract law : performance, terms, and remedies -- Business associations law : traditional types of partnership -- Business associations law : modern partnerships and agricultural ventures -- Banking law : risk (Gharar) -- Banking law : Interest (Rib塩 -- Banking law : legal devices (Hiyal) and prohibition on interest (Rib塩 -- Finance (Tamweel) : Islamic bonds ({u3D6B}嵫) and securitization -- Finance (Tamweel) : types and risks of Islamic bonds ({u3D6B}嵫) -- Finance (Tamweel) : insurance (Takaful) and transfers (Haw塬ah) -- Finance (Tamweel) : innovative instruments and markets -- Marriage and divorce -- Polygamy and mixed marriages -- Rights of wife -- Women and clothes -- Women and work -- Rearing children -- Contraception -- Abortion -- Wills (Wa{u3961}y塩, charitable trusts (Waqfs), and euthanasia -- Law of succession -- Key concepts -- Claims of God (Haqq All✹) : sex crimes -- Claims of God (Haqq All✹) : drinking and stealing -- Claims of God (Haqq All✹) : converting and religious freedom -- Private claims (Haqq All✹) -- Law of war -- Jihad (struggle) -- Terrorism.