THE ECONOMIC RELEVANCE OF THE SHARIA MAXIMS

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Ministry of Higher Education
King Abdulaziz University
Centre for Research in Islamic Economics



THE ECONOMIC RELEVANCE OF THE SHARIA MAXIMS (al Qawaid al Fiqhiyah)


S.M. Hasanuzzaman


Scientific Publishing Centre
King Abdulaziz University
P.O. Box 1540, Jeddah 21441
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


Contents

Acknowledgement
A b s t r a c t
Introduction
Legal Maxims On:
- Claim and Practice
- Doubt and Certainty
- Eliminating Detriment
- The Rules of Relaxation
- Give and Take
- The Rules About Benefit Versus Liability
- Public Welfare vis-à-vis the Discretion of the Government
- The Role of Custom and Usage
- Penalty for Evasion
- Limitations:
(i) As to analogy
(ii) As to tricky device