Jeanette Wakin
- ABŪ ḎARR HERAVĪ
ABŪ ḎARR HERAVĪ (full name: ABŪ ḎARR ʿABDALLĀH B. AḤMAD B. MOḤAMMAD HERAVĪ ANṢĀRĪ MĀLEKĪ), a traditionist known primarily for…
- ABŪ ʿAWĀNA
ABŪ ʿAWĀNA YAʿQŪB B. ESḤĀQ B. EBRĀHĪM NĪŠĀBŪRĪ ESFARĀYĪNĪ, a Shafeʿite legal scholar and traditionist. He is credited with introducing…
- ABU’L-FOTŪḤ EṢFAHĀNĪ
ABU’L-FOTŪḤ EṢFAHĀNĪ, ASʿAD B. ABI’L-FAŻĀʾEL MAḤMŪD B. ḴALAF AL-ʿEJLĪ, known also by his laqab Montaǰab-al-dīn (or in some sources Montaḵab-al-dīn),…
- ABU’L-TAYYEB ṬABARĪ
ABU’L-ṬAYYEB ṬĀHER B. ʿABDALLĀH B. ṬĀHER ṬABARĪ ĀMOLĪ, jurisconsult, judge (qāżī), and professor of legal sciences; he was regarded by…
- FAMILY LAW ii. In Islam
ii. IN ISLAM Family law regulates relations within the family, as defined by consanguinity, affinity, and, by extension, fosterage (see…
- EṢṬAḴRĪ, ABŪ SAʿĪD ḤASAN
EṢṬAḴRĪ, ABŪ SAʿĪD ḤASAN b. Aḥmad b. Yazīd, Shafiʿite jurisconsult and author (b. 244/858, d. in Baghdad, 328/939). He is…