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Fiqh
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Fiqh 

(literally, “understanding”), Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is based on the Koran, the sunna, ijma, and qiyas (analogical reasoning using the Koran). Sunni (seeMADHAB) and Shia schools of fiqh developed by the mid-ninth century.



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He and four others were questioned on charges of contempt for Islam by considering the Quran as the paramount source for Islamic jurisprudence and not recognizing the Sunna, or sayings and habits of Prophet Mohamed.
The Head of SSC is Professor Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman who is a well known and highly respected Shari'ah scholar specially in the fields of Tafsir, Hadith, Ifta'a, Usool-e-Hadith, Fiqh, Arabic and other Islamic Jurisprudence and has over 30 years experience of teaching Islamic education and issuing Fatawa'.
In this respect, the regional Islamic banks took much of the initiative ranging from their establishments to appointing boards of specialists in fiqh muamalat - the branch of Islamic jurisprudence that is concerned with civil contracts.
 
 
 
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