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... respect , recourse was had to the Fatáwá - i Alamgírí , Fatáwá - i Sirájiyyah , Durr - ul - Mukhtár and other works of unquestionable authority to supplement the deficiency . The principles respecting the other subjects treated of in ...
... respect , recourse was had to the Fatáwá - i Alamgírí , Fatáwá - i Sirájiyyah , Durr - ul - Mukhtár and other works of unquestionable authority to supplement the deficiency . The principles respecting the other subjects treated of in ...
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... respect to the above , and have succeeded in framing a few rules , * and have , in consequence , been obliged to insert separately several of the sentences , phrases and terms which did . * Vide , for instance , Rules or Principles ...
... respect to the above , and have succeeded in framing a few rules , * and have , in consequence , been obliged to insert separately several of the sentences , phrases and terms which did . * Vide , for instance , Rules or Principles ...
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... respect to other matters which formed the subject of a Prefatory or an Introductory Discourse . I , therefore , conclude by observing that as no time and labour have been spared in making the present work replete with useful matters and ...
... respect to other matters which formed the subject of a Prefatory or an Introductory Discourse . I , therefore , conclude by observing that as no time and labour have been spared in making the present work replete with useful matters and ...
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... ( respect of ) their Book ( the Kurán ) , as the Jews and Christians have been in ( respect of ) their respective books . ' There- upon Usmán sent a person to Hafsá requesting her to send to him the ( already collected ) portions of the ...
... ( respect of ) their Book ( the Kurán ) , as the Jews and Christians have been in ( respect of ) their respective books . ' There- upon Usmán sent a person to Hafsá requesting her to send to him the ( already collected ) portions of the ...
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... respect to those pos- thumous precepts of the Prophet . His self - denial and abstinence were re- markable , in so much that he generally fasted four days in the week , during which he denied himself even the most ordinary indulgencies ...
... respect to those pos- thumous precepts of the Prophet . His self - denial and abstinence were re- markable , in so much that he generally fasted four days in the week , during which he denied himself even the most ordinary indulgencies ...
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Abú Hanífah Abú Yusuf according to Abú acknowledgment Alí amount ANNOTATIONS Arabic authority brother Chap child claim claimants consanguinity consent consummation contract daugh death deceased decree dínárs divided divisor divorces take place doctrines effect entitled equal excluded Explana Fatáwá Alamgírí fatwa fosterage four fraction grandfather grandmothers guardian half heirs Hidayah husband Ibnu iddat Imám incumbent infant inherit instance invalid Kází khulá Kurán LECTURE low soever maintenance male marriage marry Muhammad Muhammadan Law Mujtahid multiplicand multiplied Musalmán one-third opinion option parties paternal aunt paternal uncles person portion preemptor Princ Principle proper dower Prophet puberty purchaser repudiation residuaries respect right of option right of preemption root rule sect seller Shafi Sháfií shares Sharífiyyah Sir William Jones Sirájiyyah sisters sixth slave son's daughter Sunnís term third three divorces tion translation two-thirds usufruct valid Vide whole wife woman words Zayid
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Page 79 - 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 78 - 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 72 - 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 79 - 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 79 - 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 72 - 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 79 - 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 547 - 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 72 - 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 78 - 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...