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... Sunní sects , Mujtahids are classed under several divi- sions , according to the degree of Ijtihad which they may have attained . The Málikí sect . I. LECTURE in Barbary and the northern states of Africa INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE . 29.
... Sunní sects , Mujtahids are classed under several divi- sions , according to the degree of Ijtihad which they may have attained . The Málikí sect . I. LECTURE in Barbary and the northern states of Africa INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE . 29.
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... degree , deviated from the original . For all these , we are war- ranted to say , that the Persian version of the Hidayah does not represent a true picture of the original ( a ) . notes . Macnaghten's Principles of Muhammadan Law were ...
... degree , deviated from the original . For all these , we are war- ranted to say , that the Persian version of the Hidayah does not represent a true picture of the original ( a ) . notes . Macnaghten's Principles of Muhammadan Law were ...
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... degree , deviated from the original . ( a ) † ANNOTATIONS . ( a ) . Some of the interpolations and deviations noticed by the English translator , as well as the defence and apology made by him , are as follows : - " When , " says he ...
... degree , deviated from the original . ( a ) † ANNOTATIONS . ( a ) . Some of the interpolations and deviations noticed by the English translator , as well as the defence and apology made by him , are as follows : - " When , " says he ...
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... degree , deviated from the original . ( a ) † ANNOTATIONS . ( a ) . Some of the interpolations and deviations noticed by the English translator , as well as the defence and apology made by him , are as follows : - " When , " says he ...
... degree , deviated from the original . ( a ) † ANNOTATIONS . ( a ) . Some of the interpolations and deviations noticed by the English translator , as well as the defence and apology made by him , are as follows : - " When , " says he ...
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... degrees of kindred . — If a man die without issue , and have a sister , she shall have the half of what he shall leave ; and he shall be heir to her , in case she have no issue ; but if there be two sisters , they shall have , between ...
... degrees of kindred . — If a man die without issue , and have a sister , she shall have the half of what he shall leave ; and he shall be heir to her , in case she have no issue ; but if there be two sisters , they shall have , between ...
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Abú Hanífah Abú Yusuf according to Abú acknowledgment Alí allotted amount ANNOTATIONS Arabic arrangement authority brother Chap child claimants consanguinity consummation contract daugh death deceased deceased's dínárs distant kindred divided divisor divorce doctrine eight entitled equal excluded Explana Fatáwá Alamgírí father and mother father's side Fatwa female ancestors fosterage four fraction grandfather grandmothers guardian half heirs Hidayah husband Ibnu iddat Imám inherit instance Kází Kurán LECTURE low soever male marriage marry moiety Muhammad Muhammadan Law Mujtahid multiplicand multiplied Musalmán one-third opinion option parents parties paternal aunt paternal uncles person portion Princ Principle proper dower Prophet puberty repudiation residuaries respect root rule Sect Sháfií shares Sharífiyyah shufá Sir William Jones Sirájiyyah sisters sixth slave son's daughter sons Sunnís third tion translation twelve two-thirds Umar usufruct valid Vide whole wife William Macnaghten wives woman Zayid
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Page 77 - And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Page 76 - A male shall have as much as the share of two females: but if they be females only, and above two in number. they shall have two third parts of what the deceased shall leave; and if there be but one, she shall have the half. And the parents of the deceased shall have each of them a sixth part of what he shall leave, if he have a child: but...
Page 70 - Britain that the private laws, which they severally hold sacred, and a violation of which they would have thought the most grievous oppression, should not be superseded by a new system, of which they could have no knowledge, and •which they must have considered as imposed on them by a spirit of rigour and intolerance...
Page 77 - They also shall have the fourth part of what ye shall leave, in case ye have no issue ; but if ye have issue, then they shall have the eighth part of what ye shall leave, after the legacies which ye shall bequeath and your debts be paid. And if a man or woman's substance be inherited by a distant relation, and he or she have a brother or sister ; each of them two shall have a sixth part of the estate. But if there be more than this number, they shall be equal sharers in a third part, after payment...
Page 77 - And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Page 70 - Muselman subjects of Great Britain, that the private laws, which they severally hold sacred, and a violation of which they would have thought the most grievous oppression, should not be superseded by a new system, of which they could...
Page 77 - They will consult thee for thy decision in certain cases; say unto them, God giveth you these determinations, concerning the more remote degrees of kindred. If a man die without issue, and have a sister, she shall have the half of what he shall leave: and he shall be heir to her, in case she have no issue.
Page 545 - It is true that a person may have a bad neighbour as a zemindar, and so suffer as much vexation from him as from a bad ' neighbour next door or holding the next field ; but still it appears to me that the law was intended to prevent vexation to holders of small plots of land, who might be annoyed by the introduction of a stranger among them.
Page 70 - Britain, that the private laws which " they severally hold sacred, and a violation of which they "would have thought the most grievous oppression, should "not be superseded by a new system, of which they could " have no knowledge, and which they must have considered as " imposed on them by a spirit of rigour and intolerance.
Page 76 - Moreover ye may claim half of what your wives shall leave, if they have no issue; but if they have issue, then ye shall have the fourth part of what they shall leave, after the legacies which they shall bequeath, and the debts be paid. They also shall have the fourth part of what ye shall leave, in case ye have no issue; but if ye have issue, then they shall have the eighth part...