About the Book
The present book is a systematic exposition of Shari’ah rules of Muslim marriage contract on which family organization is structured. It explains legal injunctions on important issues of marital relations and family organization. The book explores and investigates the ideals and precepts on marriage and divorce both in classical jurisprudence as well as in the modern legal codes of personal status of Muslim countries. The book also highlights areas of tension between the classical jurisprudence and the modern legislation on a number of
issues of Islamic Family Law. Although the focus of the book is primarily on the traditional law of Islam as explained and interpreted by the early jurists, nevertheless, it also examines modern legislation in the sphere of family law to offer points of comparison and contrast between the theory and practice. It is hoped that the present study will not only make an important contribution to the field but will generate much interest among scholars to analyze and further develop the ideas presented in the book

About the Author

Dr. Muhammad Tahir Mansoori is professor (Islamic law) and former Vice President, Higher Studies and Research, International Islamic University, Islamabad. He is a renowned scholar of Islamic law with specialization in Islamic commercial law and Islamic banking and finance. He did his LLM (Shariah) from the International Islamic University, Islamabad and PhD in Islamic jurisprudence
from the University of Punjab. He is author of over forty articles on Islamic law published in reputed research journals. In addition to his research articles, he has written several books on different topics of Islamic law, especially in the field of Islamic finance. His publications include: Islamic Law of Contracts and Business Transactions; Introduction to Islamic Banking (Arabic); Shariah Maxims: Modern Applications in Islamic Finance; and Ahkam-e-Bay, among others.

Dr. Mansoori is Resident Shariah Board member of Askari Islamic bank and member of Shariah Advisory Committee of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan. Dr. Mansoori is an awardee of Presidential award ‘Izaz-e-Fazeelat’ for his outstanding performance in the field of education for the year 2004.