Guide to Muslim Personal Law

Although it is as impossible to codify Islam as it is to codify life itself, it nevertheless provides the reader with a reliable checklist of the identifiable features of the Shari'ah which govern the fundamental milestones in life which most people experience during their life's journey: birth, childhood, marriage, divorce, death and inheritance.

DR HASHIM MAHDI was born and educated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia obtaining his PhD in the US and further qualifications in the UK. He is a fellow of the Islamic Academy, Cambridge and has been associated with the Muslim World League in various capacities for almost two and a half decades, currently holding the post of International Strategic Expert. He is at present visiting professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne besides working or1 curriculum design for Dar al-Fikr secondary schools in Jeddah and working in cooperation with Umm al-Qura University in Makkah. He is the author of a number of books which have been published in Arabic, French and English.