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Islam: Chapter Three: The Law: Fiqh, Sharī‘a: ...

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Until the nineteenth century A.D. the general tendency of the ‘ulamā’ was to expand the practical application of the Law--already in theory eternal and universal--so as to give religious value to every act and aspect of life. One means of doing this was the legal interpretations of the muftīs, the jurisconsults.