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A Sampling of Shariah Laws PDF
A Sampling of Shariah Laws PDF
A sample of Shariah Laws that form the basis of Muslim Family Law. These are laws that theur
proponents say govern the civil affairs of Muslim families. They are in contradiction to the Quran,
yet have been upheld by the various monarchies that have governed the Muslim world in the past 13
hundred years.
Divorce
1. Instant and Final Divorce by men is allowed for husbands even under torture, compulsion,
influence of alcohol, narcotics and as a matter of jokes.
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, page 81 and 523.
Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law - Page 560 Law# N.3.5
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Deen Ki Baten, page 254 Law 1537,
1538, 1546 and 2555.
2. The only way for a wife to get divorce is to convince the Sharia Court and also to pay money
to her husband.
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, page 112
Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law Page 562, 565 & 981-Law # n.5.0, n7-7
& w-52-1-253-255.
Dr. Abdur Rahman Doi, Sharia the Islamic Law, - page 192
17th Century Court Documents of Egypt and Istanbul
Amira Azhary, Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History
3. To re-marry a previous husband, a divorced wife must marry another man, a complete
stranger, have sexual intercourse with him, and then get divorced by him voluntarily. Only
then would she be allowed to re-marry her former husband
Islamic Laws Ayatollah Seestani page 469 Law# 2536.H
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 15
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Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law, page 673 Law # P.29.1
Maulana Dayan, Moksudul Mumeneen, page 231.
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Deen Ki Batein.
Evidence of Women
1. Evidence of a female singer and slave (male or female) is not admissible.
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 361
2. Womens testimony is not accepted in Hudood cases.
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 353.
Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, Shafii Law, page 638 Law # o.24.9
Penal Law of Islam. Qazi Publications, Lahore, page 44, 45.
Maulana Tahir Mahmood, Criminal Law in Islam and the Muslim World, page
251, Institute of Objective Studies, India.
3. A Womans testimony in business transactions is half that of a mans.
Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law, page 637, Law # o.24.7
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 352.
Custody
1. Custody goes to the mother for boys 9 years old, and girls 7 years old, provided the mother
prays and does not marry a stranger during this time. After 9 and 7 years, boys and girls go
to the father.
Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law, page 637, Law # m.13.0
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 138-139
Other areas
1. Husbands are not obliged to provide to their wifes doctors fees, medicines and cosmetics.
They must provide only for food, clothes and a house. Rebellious wife doesnt get anything.
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 140.
Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law, page 544, Law # m.11.4
Maulana Mohyuddin Khan, Tafsir of the Koran, published from Saudi Arabia.
2. Muslim men can marry Jews or Christians, but Muslim women may only marry Muslim men.
3. A Muslim Woman cannot be a Muslim Brides guardian.
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 138-139
4. A divorced wife gets maintenance only for maximum 3 months.
Imam Abu Hanifa, Hidaya, Page 145.
Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law, page 546 Law # m.11.10.3
5. A Womans Blood Money is half that of a mans.
(Only sons, not daughters can claim Blood-Money) 1
1
If a person has been killed or caused to die by another, the latter has to pay blood money or compensation.
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Imam Shafi, Umdat Al Salik, ShafiI Law, Page 590 Law # o4.9.
Dr. Abdur Rahman Doi, Sharia the Islamic Law, page 235
The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2002.2
2 In
Saudi Arabia, the concept of blood money as per Islamic Sharia (If a person has been killed or caused to die by
another, the latter has to pay blood money or compensation, as follows:
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Culture
Fine arts like dancing; music and painting, which are strictly un-Islamic, found patronage
from those who had been forbidden to practice these Ugly arts.
Free will
The notion that man is an independent being, free to follow his own desires and dictates
of his reason, is a foolish presumption.
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