Custom as a Legal Principle of Legislation for Shi'i Law

This paper will argue that the principle of a lacuna in Shi'i law can empower jurists to go beyond the traditional parameters of the shari'a. The principle allows for an expansion of Islamic law since jurists can legislate laws that have not been explicitly prohibited by textual sources. I...

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Published in:Studies in religion
Main Author: Takim, Liyakatali 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Studies in religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 481-499
Further subjects:B Shari'a
B coutume des gens raisonnables (sira ‘uqala')
B coutume (‘urf)
B custom of reasonable people (sira ‘uqala')
B custom (‘urf)
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