Shari’ah

Religious Studies

GCSE

Edexcel

12m 33s
How do Muslims make decisions? This podcast covers Muslim beliefs about sources of Islamic law (Shari’ah): how it is agreed including sources used by the main schools of Sunni and Shi'a Law; Qur’an; Hadith (the Hadith as a record of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, compilation, main collections (Sunni and Shi’a), elements of Hadith – (isnad and matn), analogy (Qiyas) and consensus (Ijma'); the role of judges (qadis) and scholars (the 'ulama)

Tutors:

Zameer Hussain

Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi

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