This is the fifth edition of a classic work by a scholar, not just of Islamic law, but also of Islamic jurisprudence, Arabic and Persian. The present edition, revised by one of the formost scholars of Islamic law today, brings the reader up-to-date by adding more than 35 years of new statutory and case law within the format and intellectual design of the original book.

Contents:

1. Application & Interpretation
2. Marriage
3. Dower
4. Dissolution of Marriage
5. Parentage & Ligitimacy
6. Guardianship
7. Maintenance
8. Gifts
9. Law of Wakfs
10. Pre-emption
11. Wills & Death-bed Gifts
12. Administration of Estates
13. Sunni Law of Inheritance
14. Shia Law of Inheritance