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SECTION I
Q.1. Answer in two sentences ONLY
Any Six · , any 6 of 8 12 Marks
1.State primary sources of Islamic law.[2]
Answer
The ancient (classical or primary) sources of Muslim law are four. They are ranked, so a lower source cannot override a higher one.
1. The Quran. The first and highest source. Muslims regard it as the word of God revealed to the Prophet. No rule may stand against its clear text. Its legal verses deal mainly with marriage, dower, divorce, maintenance and inheritance.
2. The Sunna. The Prophet's words, acts and tacit approvals. The reports of them are the hadith. The Sunna explains, qualifies and supplements the Quran. It ranks second.
3. Ijma. The consensus of the qualified jurists of one period on a question the Quran and Sunna do not settle. Once established, it binds and closes the question. It ranks third.
4. Qiyas. Analogical deduction. A rule is extended to a new case sharing the same effective cause (illat). It ranks fourth and is the weakest.
Revealed and derived. The Quran and Sunna are revealed sources. Ijma and qiyas are derived by human reasoning.
The Shia difference. The Shia schools accept the Quran and Sunna. In place of qiyas they use aql, reason. They accept ijma on a narrower footing.
Other sources. Below these come custom, and the modern sources: judicial precedent, legislation, and equity, justice and good conscience.
In India. Courts apply legislation first, then binding precedent, and then the classical law as stated in the texts.
Example. The fixed shares of heirs come from the Quran. The details of how talaq is pronounced come largely from the Sunna.
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