SHARI'AH - THE WAY TO GOD

Khurram Murad
The Islamic Foundation

Table of Index:

• ASPIRATIONS AND ANTAGONISMS
• UNDERSTANDING THE SHARI'AH
• WHAT IS THE SHARI'AH
  • MAN-GOD RELATIONSHIP
  • HUMAN FREEDOM AND DIGNITY
  • THE SOURCES
    • (I) The Qur'an
    • (2) The Sunnah
    • (3) Ijma' (Consensus)
    • (4) Ijtihad
• INNER AND MORAL DIMENSIONS
  • SHARI'AH-THE LAW
  • MOTIVATION AND SANCTION
  • LOVE AND LAW
  • MORAL IDEALS AND RULES OF CONDUCT
  • INNER DIMENSIONS
  • SHARI'AH AND TARIQAH
• THE UNCHANGING IN A CHANGING WORLD
  • THE ETERNAL AND UNCHANGING
  • CATEGORISATION OF PRECEPTS
  • HUMAN REASON AND LEGISLATION
  • PERMANENCE AND CHANGE
  • HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
    • Ijtihad
  • SECTS AND SCHOOLS OF LAW
  • MUSLIM MINORlTIES
• CONCLUSION

Footnotes:

1. 5: 48; 7: 163; 42: 13 and 21; 45: 18.