Introduction Robert Gleave and Omar Anchassi; Part I. Islamic Legal Theory (Ul al-Fiqh) and Related Genres: 1. The Foundation of Analogy Ziad Bou Akl; 2. The Insufficiency of Concomitance Alone Walter Edward Young; 3. Selections from al-Manthr f-l-Qawid of Badr al-Dn al-Zarkash (d. 794/1392) Elias G. Saba; 4. 'Is Every Mujtahid Correct or Not?' and the implications of holding incorrect theological beliefs for one's fate in the hereafter, from Qawnn al-Ul of Mrz al-Qumm (d. 1231/1816) Ali-reza Bhojani; 5. The 'Innovation' of Legal School Affiliation Robert Gleave; Part II. Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres: 6. The Kitb al-Umma, or äfat al-Madna Rehanna Nurmohamed; 7. Section on lawful food from al-Mabs f Fiqh al-Immiyya of Muammad b. al-asan al-s (d. 460/1067) Sumeyra Yakar; 8. 'The Treatise of Refutation of those who Criticise [Our] Conduct' (Kitb al-Radd al man äana f l-Sra) attributed to Imam al-Mutawakkil al Allh, Amad b. Sulaymn (d. 566/1170) Eirik Hovden; 9. Menstruating Women and Visiting the Mosque Robert Gleave; 10. Section on the law of rebellion from the Radd al-Mutr of Ibn bidn (d. 1252/1836) Aysegul Simsek; 11. Offer and Acceptance in Islamic Marriage Robert Gleave; 12. Treatise on Jihad and Migration Magomed Gizbulaev; 13. Alms Tax (zak) in Sh Law Maryam Rutner; 14. A Difficult Case of Divorce, Tholaq Samvadam of Abd Allh Musliyr (b. ?) Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin; Part III. Legal Opinions (Fatws): 15. Ottoman Fatws on the Substitution of Defunct Endowment Properties, from al-Aqwl al-Mariyya of Qzdah Muammad hir (d. 1254/1834) Hatice Kubra; 16. Settling Disputes among Nomads Ismail Warscheid; 17. Fatws on Aspects of Modern Life Knut S. Vikør; 18. 'According to the qaul mutamad it is unlawful and invalid' Mohamad Bekti Khudari Lantong; 19. Women and Leadership Mahmoud Afifi; 20. 'His doctrine is deviant' Mukhsin Achmed; Part IV. Court Judgements and other Court Documentation: 21. The Restitituion of Conjugal Rights Sohaira Siddiqui; 22. A Shara Court Judgement of Muammad usayn Fishrak (d. 1353/1935) reviving the Safavid Waqf of Mrz Amad Kafrn (d. after 988/1580) Zahir Bhalloo; 23. Authenticating Marriage Monika Lindbekk; 24. Judgment of the Moroccan Supreme Council of Shara Appeals, Ruling #52 on Issue #4164 concerning Inheritance, Slavery, and Paternity (1359/1943) Ari Schriber; 25. Shara, Sales and Loans in the Malaysian High Court Amir Shaharuddin; 26. A Shara Court Decision on the Type of 'Compensation' in hul/khul Divorce Asnakech Getnet; Part V. Judicial Manuals and Reference Books: 27. 'The Discretion of the mâm' Kubra Nugay; 28. On Criminal Law Mina Khalil; 29. Custody Disputes and the Best Interest of the Child, from al-Murshid f l-Qä al-Shar by Q Iyad Zahalka Nijmi Edres; 30. Ibn Khunyan (b. 1376/1956) on Ajudication and Judicial Organisation, from al-Kshif f Shar Nim al-Murfät al-Shariyya al-Säd ('A Commentary on the Saudi Code of Shara Procedure') Dominik Krell; 31. Temporary Marriage in Iranian Family Law Hannah L. Richter; 32. On Scriptuaries and Pagans as Slave-Concubines Omar Anchassi; Part VI. Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies: Licenses, Biographies, Pamphlets, Speeches and Novels: 33. Reform of Islamic Law in 19th century Afghanistan Elham Bakhtary; 34. The 'Permission to Teach' the Law Robert Gleave; 35. Controversial and Uncontroversial Biographies in Raynat al-Adab of Mrz Muammad Al Mudarris (d. 1373/1954) Robert Gleave; 36. Battle of the Qs Mahmood Kooria; 37. Alm al-När and the Islamic State's Justification for Execution by Burning Mathias Ghyoot.