E.J. Brill

Place
Leiden
country
Netherlands
Language
English
Publisher ID
931

Islamic Banking and Interest : A Study of the Prohibition of Riba and Its Contemporary Interpretation (Studies in Islamic Law and Society)

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This book deals with an Ayyubid-Mamluk Egyptian jurist's attempt to come to terms with the potential conflict between power, represented in the state, and authority, represented in the schools of law, particularly where one school enjoys a privileged status with the state. It deals with the history of the relationship between the schools of law, particularly in Mamluk Egypt, in the context of the running history of Islamic law from the formative period during which