Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional TheoryMacDonald, Duncan Black
ReligionIslamic
Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory
MacDonald, Duncan Black
Constitutional law (Islamic law); Islam -- Doctrines -- History; Islam and state -- History; Islamic law -- History
3. The use of the toothpick.
4. Description of the different stages of a ceremonial ablution (_wudu_).
5. On cleansing from excrement and its ritual generally.
6. The five things which require a fresh _wudu_.
7. The six things which require a complete ablution of the whole body
(_ghusl_) and its ritual.
8. The seventeen occasions on which a _ghusl_ is prescribed.
9. When it is allowable to wash the inner shoes (_khuffs_) instead of the
feet.
10. The conditions and ritual for the use of sand (_tayammum_) instead of
water.
11. On uncleannesses (_najasat_) and how and how far they can be removed.
12. On ailments of women; duration of pregnancy and their conditions.
_Book II. Of Prayer_
1. The times of prayer (_salat_).
2. Upon whom prayer is incumbent, and
3. On what occasions.
4. The antecedent requirements of prayer.
5. The eighteen essential parts of prayer.
6. The four things in which the prayer of a woman differs from that of a
man.
7. The eleven things which nullify prayer.
8. A reckoning of the occurrences of certain frequently repeated elements
in prayer.
9. On omissions in prayer.
10. The five occasions on which prayer is not allowable.
11. The duty and ritual of congregational prayer.
12. The prayer of a traveller.
13. The conditions under which congregational prayer is required and
those under which it is lawful.
14. The requirements in congregational prayer.
15. The prayers of the Two Festivals and their ritual.
16. The prayers on occasion of an eclipse.
17. Prayer for rain.
18. Prayer in presence of the enemy.
19. What is forbidden of clothing.
20. The ritual of the dead.
_Book III. Of Rates for the Poor, etc._
1. The condition of the rate (_zakat_) and of the rate-payer; what it is
levied on and consists of.
2. On camels.
3. On cattle.
4. On sheep.
5. How it affects partners.
6. On gold and silver.
7. On grain-stuff.
8. On merchandise.
9. The conditions and nature of the rate to be paid at the end of the
fast.
10. Uses to which the rate may be applied.
_Book IV. Of the Fast_
1. The conditions for the fast (_siyam_); its description; what breaks it.
2. What is meritorious in fasting; when and for whom it is forbidden; how
breaking the fast must be expiated.
3. The conditions and nature of religious retreat (_i‘tikaf_).
_Book V. Of the Pilgrimage_
1. The conditions of pilgrimaging (_hajj_); its essentials and other
elements.
2. The ten things forbidden on pilgrimage.
3. The five sacrifices of the pilgrimage.
_Book VI. Of Barter and Other Business Transactions_
1. Conditions and kinds of barter (_bay_); what may be bartered and what
not.
2. Description and conditions of the bargain with payment in advance
(_salam_).
3. Of pledging (_rahn_).
4. Of those who are not to be permitted to administer their own property
(_hajar as-safih_).
5. Of bankruptcy and composition and common rights in a highway (_sulh_).
6. The conditions for the transfer of debts and credits (_hawala_).
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