What Islamic Law called?

Answer 1

It's called shariah. It is based on legal passages in the Quran as well as anecdotes about the Prophet Muhammad (these anecdotes are called hadith). Because Muhammad was not only a religious but also a political leader, he created laws which not only governed religious life but also secular matters such as wills, divorce settlements, contract law and so on. The people in seventh-century Arabia for whom these laws were first made found them to be very advanced and a great improvement on the legal provisions they had before.

Answer 2

It's called shariah. It is based on legal passages in the Quran as well as anecdotes about the Prophet Muhammad (these anecdotes are called hadith). Because Muhammad was not only a religious but also a political leader, he created laws which not only governed religious life but also secular matters such as wills, divorce settlements, contract law and so on. The people in seventh-century Arabia for whom these laws were first made found them to be very advanced and a great improvement on the legal provisions they had before.

Answer 3

The Islamic law is called the Sharia. Shariah is the comprehensive Muslim law derived form two sources, a) the Quran b) the Sunnah or traditions of Prophet Muhammad (P). It covers every aspect of daily individual and collective living. The purpose of Islamic laws are protection of individuals' basic human rights to include right to life, property, political and religious freedom and safeguarding the rights of women and minorities. The low crime rate in Muslim societies is due to the application of the Islamic laws.

Answer 4

It is called "Shariah". It is based on the God holy book Quran and Hadith (prophet Muhammad sayings and practices).

Answer 5

Sharia law, which is based on 2 things: the divine revelation of the Quran, and the example set by the Prophet Muhammad, recorded in the Sunnah.

Answer 6

It is called Sharia

Answer 7

It is called Shari'ah in Arabic.

Answer 8

Sharia

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