The position of custom ('Urf/'Adat) in issuing fatwa: in the works of Ibn 'Abidin al-Shami (d. 1252/1836)

• Main Author: Ali, Mohammed Farid
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Dar al-Wahi Publication 2018
• Subjects: BP173.2 Sources of Islam; BP87 Islamic Literature. Islamic authors; BP88 Individual authors, A-Z; KBP Islamic Law; KBP425 Uṣūl al-fiqh. Jurisprudence and theory of law. Science of legal reasoning.; KBP490 Furūʻ al-fiqh. Substantive law. Branches of law.
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/59410/1/New%20Document%284%29%2017-Nov-2017%2017-04-17.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59410/; https://daralwahi.com/

Fatwa issued currently by Shari'ah scholars, committees, and muftis occasionally fall short of meeting the challenges of modern society. Ibn 'Abidin’s concept of custom (‘urf) and its application provide a basic guide to meet the modern challenges in its totality. The present work refers t...