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Not to be confused with Tafsir al-Mizan (a quranic tafsir).

Mizan (literal meaning balance or scale, Urdu:ميزان) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam, written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar. It was published in Urdu by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences. The total content is available in four volumes. Some parts are also available in English.

Contents 1 Contents 1.1 Volume 1 1.2 Volume 2 1.3 Volume 3 1.4 Volume 4 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Contents

[edit] Volume 1

Published: Dar-ul-Ishraq, 2001

• Sources of Islam
  • Introduction[1]
  • Principles of Understanding the Qur'an[2] (Incomplete translation)
  • Principles of Determining the Sunnah[3]
  • Principles of Understanding the Hadith[4]

Wisdom - continued in volume 4

• Framework of Islam[5]

The Book

• The Political Law of Islam[6]
• The Economic Law of Islam[7]
• The Islamic Shariah of Preaching
  • Preaching of Prophet Muhammad[8]
  • Preaching of Abraham’s Progeny, Scholars, State, and an Individual[9]
  • Strategy for Preaching[10]
• The Islamic Law of Jihad[11]
• The Penal Law of Islam[12]
• The Dietary Laws[13]
• Customs and Behavioral Laws[14]
• Oath and their Atonement[15]

[edit] Volume 2

Published: Al-Mawrid, 2004

• The Islamic Law of Worship Rituals
  • The Prayer
    • Introduction[16]
    • History and Objective
    • Pre-Requisites of the Prayer[17]
    • Rituals of the Prayer[18]
    • Utterances of the Prayer[19]
    • Prayer Timings
    • Raka'ah, Concession, Congregation, Mistakes and Etiquette of the Prayer[20]
    • Various types of the Prayer[21]
  • The Islamic Shariah of Zakah[22]
  • The Fast[23]
  • The Rituals of Hajj and Umrah[24]
  • The Ritual of Animal Sacrifice[25]

[edit] Volume 3

Published: Al-Mawrid, 2005

• The Social Law of Islam
  • Basic Principle[26]
  • Matrimony, Marriage Rites and Prerequisites[27]
  • Relations Prohibited for Marriage[28]
  • Pre-requisites of Nikah (Marriage)[29]
  • Rights and Obligations of the Spouses[30]
  • Polygamy[31]
  • Etiquette of Sexual Intimacy[32]
  • Eila and Zihar(ايلا و ظهار)
  • Divorce[33]
  • Directives relating to Widows[34]
  • Norms of Gender Interaction[35]
  • Rights of Parents[36]
  • Rights of Orphans[37]
  • Slavery[38]

[edit] Volume 4

Published: Al-Mawrid, 2006

Wisdom

• Ethics[39] (Urdu)

[edit] See also

• List of Sunni books
• Tadabbur-i-Qur'an

[edit] References

• Robinson, Professor Paul H. (January 2006). "Final report of the Maldivian penal law & sentencing codification project (Official Commentary)" (pdf). Volume 2. Criminal Law Research Group, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Commissioned by the Office of the Attorney General of the Maldives and the United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
• Iftikhar, Asif (2005). Jihad and the Establishment of Islamic Global Order: A Comparative Study of the Interpretative Approaches and Worldviews of Abu al-A‘la Mawdudi and Javed Ahmad Ghamidi. (Master's Thesis). Montreal: McGill University. OCLC 61742999.

[edit] External links

• Articles available on the internet written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.[40][41]
• Books to download, written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.[42] (Urdu)
• Books available at Worldcat, written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.[43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
• Books to buy:[50]
• Article on Law of Evidence:[51]