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On Muslim Traditions and Law
The Mishkat, translated by Matthews. Calcutta, 1809. (A collection of traditions.)
The Hidaya, translated by C. Hamilton. II edition. London, 1870.
N. B. E. Baillie: A Digest of Muhammadan Law. Hanifi Code. London, 1865.
The same. Imameea Code. London, 1869. The first volume deals with Sunnite, the second with Shi‘ite law.
S. Keijzer: Précis de Jurisprudence Musulmane selon le rite Châfeite par Abu Chodja; texte arabe avec traduction et annotations. Leyden, 1859. To be used with caution.
Eduard Sachau: Muhammadanisches Recht nach Schafiitischer Lehre. Stuttgart & Berlin, 1897. Based largely on al-Bajuri’s commentary to Abu Shuja: covers rather less than half the material of a corpus of canon law and is the best general introduction to the subject.
Ignaz Goldziher: Die Zâhiriten, ihr Lehrsystem und ihre Geschichte. Leipzig, 1884.
Ignaz Goldziher: Neue Materialien zur Litteratur des Ueberlieferungswesen bei den Muhammedanern. ZDMG, I, pp. 465 ff. Deals with Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal.