Web sources of Islamic law

Developing resources on Islamic law: bibliography and other useful information

This page includes details of Web sources on Islamic law, listing primary sources, secondary documentary sources, international organisations and academic institutions offering courses in Islamic Law and Islamic Studies. The content is a section of the bibliography produced as part of the Developing an Islamic law curriculum project

Primary sources

Qur’an:

Holy Qur’an Resources on the Internet has a comprehensive list of translations and commentaries including:

• the Yusuf Ali, Pickthall and Shakir translations side by side (University of Southern California Muslim Students Association)
• Selections from the Qur’an (University of Evansville Anthology of Primary Texts)
• Full text indexed (Northumbria University Islamic Society)
• Full English text with some Arabic text (Northumbria University Islamic Society)
• Thematic approach to Qur’anic exegesis by Muhammed Baqr as-Sadr

Hadith:

The University of Southern California Muslim Students Association has a Hadith database allowing searches of:

• full English translation of Sahih Bukhari
• partial English translation of Sahih Muslim
• partial English translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud
• partial English translation of Malik’s Muwatta

Further sources include:

• full English translation of Sahih Bukhari (Queen Mary University of London Islamic Society)
• full English translation of Sahih Bukhari (Northumbria University Islamic Society)
• Benham’s Hadith Bibliography

Secondary documentary sources

• Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights (1981)
• The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990)

International organisations

• Organisation of The Islamic Conference

Academic institutions offering courses in Islamic Law and Islamic Studies

• Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law , School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
• Carolina Duke Emory Institute for the Study of Islam (CDEISI)

Last Modified: 22 June 2010