Download or read book Custom in Islamic Law and Legal Theory written by Ayman Shabana and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between custom and Islamic law and seeks to uncover the role of custom in the construction of legal rulings. On a deeper level, however, it deals with the perennial problem of change and continuity in the Islamic legal tradition (or any tradition for that matter).