Ahmad Atif Ahmad is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He has taught Arabic, Islamic and Religious Studies at Harvard University, USA; Tufts University, USA; Macalester College, USA; Utrecht University, the Netherlands; and the College of William and Mary, USA.

Lively, relevant, bold and challenging, this book is a welcome addition to the literature on Islamic law that will thoroughly enrich the discussion of shari‘ah and its social, intellectual and political apparatuses and implications, not only inside the classroom but outside as well.

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgements Preliminaries Calendars, terms, and conventions Introduction 1. Three Cases 2. Madhhabs 3. Theorizing the Shari‘a 4. The Social Shari‘a 5. The Personal Shari‘a 6. The National Shari‘as 7. The Transnational Shari‘a 8. Society, Law, and Government Final Review Appendix I: A Debate between Shafi‘i (d. 204/820) and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal(d. 241/856) (about a Muslim who does not perform the daily prayers.) Appendix II: Map of Muslim Populations Around the World Appendix III: Preamble to Pakistan’s Constitution (4/12/73) Appendix IV: Inheritance Tables Appendix V: Islamic Mortgage Form Further reading Index

Ahmad Atif Ahmad is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He has taught Arabic, Islamic and Religious Studies at Harvard University, USA; Tufts University, USA; Macalester College, USA; Utrecht University, the Netherlands; and the College of William and Mary, USA.

Lively, relevant, bold and challenging, this book is a welcome addition to the literature on Islamic law that will thoroughly enrich the discussion of shari‘ah and its social, intellectual and political apparatuses and implications, not only inside the classroom but outside as well.

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgements Preliminaries Calendars, terms, and conventions Introduction 1. Three Cases 2. Madhhabs 3. Theorizing the Shari‘a 4. The Social Shari‘a 5. The Personal Shari‘a 6. The National Shari‘as 7. The Transnational Shari‘a 8. Society, Law, and Government Final Review Appendix I: A Debate between Shafi‘i (d. 204/820) and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal(d. 241/856) (about a Muslim who does not perform the daily prayers.) Appendix II: Map of Muslim Populations Around the World Appendix III: Preamble to Pakistan’s Constitution (4/12/73) Appendix IV: Inheritance Tables Appendix V: Islamic Mortgage Form Further reading Index