Traditional code of Islamic law, both civil and criminal, based in part on the Quran (q v ) Also drawn from the hadith (q v ); the consensus of Islamic belief (ijma; i e , concensus of the authorities on a legal question); and analogy (qiyas; i e , an elaboration of the intent of law)
{i} (Islam) code of law based on the Koran; holy laws of the Islam which cover aspects of day-to-day life
'Path'; the whole body of Islamic law, which guides a Muslim's life 'Path'; the whole body of Islamic law, which guides a Muslim's life
the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state"
Legal and moral code of Islam, systematized in the early centuries of the Muslim era (8th-9th century AD). It rests on four bases: the Qurn; the sunna, as recorded in the Hadth; ijma, or agreement among scholars; and qiya, or analogical reasoning. Sharah differs fundamentally from Western law in that it purports to be grounded in divine revelation. Among modern Muslim countries, Saudi Arabia and Iran retain Sharah as the law of the land, in both civil and criminal proceedings, but the legal codes of most other Muslim countries combine elements of Islamic and Western law where necessary. Most Islamic fundamentalist groups insist that Muslim countries should be governed by Sharah
the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state