Muslim Law | Bangladesh ARNAB KUMAR DAS Port City International University, Chittagong, Bangladesh. SID: LLB 00305037

1. Lesson Plan:
The relevance of the study of Muslim law in
contemporary world
Conditions in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Meaning of Sharia
Fiqh
Distinction between Sharia and Fiqh
Definition of Muslim
Application of Muslim law in Bangladesh.
Lecture: 02
The Concept and Background of Muslim
Law

2. Law and religion in Islam
are so intimately
connected that they
cannot easily be
separated
The relevance of the study of Muslim
law in contemporary world

3. Conditions in Pre-Islamic
Arabia
Arabia was nomadic society
Had no specific laws
Had no specific scale of
reasoning of Good and Bad.
Were cruel

4. Meaning of Sharia
The Words of Allah as
described in religious book
of Islam, Quran, and also
various traditions collected
from the life of the Prophet
Muhammad.

5. There are two concepts of Law

6. Fiqh
Deep Understanding or
intelligence
Fiqh indicates understanding
something and acquiring
knowledge about it
It is a traditional Islamic
discipline

7. Distinction between Sharia
and Fiqh
Sharia is the Religious Laws
stipulated by the Almighty Allah
and all Muslims should abide by
and follow those laws.
Fiqh it is the knowledge of the
practical and lawful stipulations
from its elaborate sources.
In other words the science of
studying Sharia is known as
Fiqh.

8.  Sharia is a wider circle, embracing in
its orbit all human actions, while Fiqh is
the narrower one dealing with legal
acts alone
 Sharia t reminds us of revelation and
that knowledge, which no one could
have possessed except for the Qur’an
or Hadith. In Fiqh, the power of
reasoning is the chief factor
 There are various grades of approval
and disapproval, but in the Fiqh, an
action is legal or illegal, permissible or
not permissible

9. Definition of Muslim
A Muslim is someone who
Bears witness that None has
the right to be worshipped but
Allah, and Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah.

10. Application of Muslim law in
Bangladesh.
 The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
 The Muslim Personal( Shariat) Implementation
Act, 1937
 The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939
 The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961
 The Muslim Family Laws Rules, 1961
 The Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration
Act, 1974
 The Muslim Marriage Divorce Registration
Rules,1975
 The Family Courts Ordinance, 1985
 The Family Courts Rules, 1985