Sharia definition

Sharia means the Shari’a as interpreted by the Shari’a Board;
Sharia means principles, precepts, and tenets of Islamic Law.
Sharia means the set of rules, precepts, instructions, or edicts which are said to emanate directly or indirectly from the god of Allah or the prophet Mohammed and which include directly or indirectly the encouragement of any person to support the abrogation, destruction, or violation of the United States or Tennessee Constitutions, or the destruction of the national existence of the United States or the sovereignty of this state, and which includes among other methods to achieve these ends, the likely use of imminent violence. Any rule, precept, instruction, or edict arising directly from the extant rulings of any of the authoritative schools of Islamic jurisprudence of Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’I, Hanbali, Ja’afariya, or Salafi, as those terms are used by sharia adherents, is prima facie sharia without any further evidentiary showing;

Examples of Sharia in a sentence

  • The originally executed obligation to pay or similar agreement evidencing the obligation of the consumer under a Sharia Mortgage Loan, together with any modification thereto.

  • References in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to "interest" on and "principal" of the Mortgage Loans shall mean, with respect to the Sharia Mortgage Loans, amounts in respect profit payments and acquisition payments, respectively.

  • UAE judicial institutions include Sharia (Islamic law) courts that adjudicate criminal and family law matters, and civil courts that adjudicate civil matters.

  • Any and all subsequent subscription of Certificates under this structure shall comply with the principles of Sharia and shall not entail the giving or taking of interest, increased costs or any of the variants or forms of interest.

  • In turn, the main sources of Sharia are the Holy Quran, Hadith, Sunna, Ijma, Qiyas and Ijtihad.


More Definitions of Sharia

Sharia means the Shari'a as interpreted by the Shari'a Board;
Sharia a Committee” means the Sharia’a Committee affiliated to the Fund Manager. “Unit” means any unit of the Fund.
Sharia means the principles of Shari’a as interpreted by the Shari’a Board; “Shari’a Board” means the Shari’a Board of Türkiye Finans from time to time;
Sharia means the principles, precepts and tenets of Islamic law.
Sharia. Supervisory Board” means the body that formed by eminent scholars or jurists or experts of Islamic jurisprudence, Banking and finance, appointed by the Bank to obtain guidance on matters relating to functioning of the Bank on Islamic Banking principles.
Sharia means the principles and standards of the Islamic Sharia (where applicable), issued by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions as of the original date of this Note.
Sharia means Islamic law. ROA Vol. 20 at 987.