NMC285H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hendiadys, Future History, Sunnah
1 Mar 2018
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Shari"a refers to the body of islamic law. Western law distinguishes between private and public/civil law this kind of distinction doesn"t exist in shari"a law. It is like the halakah in that is applies to everything and requires classifying everything. Deals with all aspects of day to day living. Lays out the way we can resolve problems of living as well. Shari"a is built from both scripture (quran) and tradition (the hadiths: these are the pillars of sharia brought together in the centuries after the prophet"s death, scripture: The quran"s legal subject matter, is relatively small. The jurists argue that there are some passages of the quran that have been cancelled out by other passages or by the prophet himself. Their quran is quite a bit smaller than the quran we study: tradition. Holds that muhammad was the inspired bearer of god"s revelation not only in the.
