ISLAMIC SHARIAH LAWS AND ITS SOURCE AND ITS IMPACT UPON THE SOCIETY.
LAMIC LAW to main content POLICY ANALYSIS EVENTS EDUCATION EXPERTS ARTS & CULTURE GET INVOLVED Utility Navigation MEI@75 BL amic Law - The Shariah ISLAMIC Law - The Shariah M. Cherif Bassiouni ISLAMIC laws and its source The Qur'an is the principal source of Islamic law, the Sharia. It contains the rules by which the Muslim world is governed (or should govern itself) and forms the basis for relations between man and God, between individuals, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, as well as between man and things which are part of creation. The Sharia contains the rules by which a Muslim society is organized and governed, and it provides the means to resolve conflicts among individuals and between the individual and the state. There is no dispute among Muslims that the Qur'an is the basis of the Sharia and that its specific provisions are to be scrupulously observed. The Hadith and Sunna are complementary sources to the Qur'an and consist of the sayings of the Prophet and accou