Man Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3891882 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Man Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Man |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Zayed University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4880-6666 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Image of Women in Islam: Maqāsid Approach for Correct Interpretation
The current study attempted to outline the necessity of using the purposes method (al-manhaj al-maqāṣidi) to understand the correct meaning of Islamic religious texts, particularly those related to the image of women, by analysing a set of Prophetic Hadiths in the canonical works of al-Bukhari and Muslim. When the purposes method is not utilized, these texts are typically understood as hostile towards women, leading many to question their validit…
Polygyny in Islam: A call for retrospection
This article revisits the issue of polygyny in Islam and the conditions men must meet before considered acceptable. Justified by the third verse of Sūrat al-Nisāʾ, participating in up to four contemporaneous marriages was traditionally allowed for any man with two conditions: physically capable of doing so, and that he treats his wives justly. This study suggests that there is a third condition: the presence of a strong legal reason for entering …
The Legal Cause of "Holding Value" and Its Impact on Islamic Provisions Regarding Virtual Currencies
This article discusses the Islamic juristic position of virtual currencies. In the classical period, jurists differed on the reason behind Islam's prohibition of usury when dealing with precious metals and their derivatives, with the majority arguing that this is because they are considered to hold value (thamaniyya). The cause (ʿilla) of "holding value" can therefore be applied through analogy (qiyās) to all things understood by the laity to hol…
Perceiving, Imagining, and Being Mistaken
No prominent works on this page.
Perceiving, Imagining, and Being Mistaken
The Legal Cause of "Holding Value" and Its Impact on Islamic Provisions Regarding Virtual Currencies
This article discusses the Islamic juristic position of virtual currencies. In the classical period, jurists differed on the reason behind Islam's prohibition of usury when dealing with precious metals and their derivatives, with the majority arguing that this is because they are considered to hold value (thamaniyya). The cause (ʿilla) of "holding value" can therefore be applied through analogy (qiyās) to all things understood by the laity to hol…
Polygyny in Islam: A call for retrospection
This article revisits the issue of polygyny in Islam and the conditions men must meet before considered acceptable. Justified by the third verse of Sūrat al-Nisāʾ, participating in up to four contemporaneous marriages was traditionally allowed for any man with two conditions: physically capable of doing so, and that he treats his wives justly. This study suggests that there is a third condition: the presence of a strong legal reason for entering …
Image of Women in Islam: Maqāsid Approach for Correct Interpretation
The current study attempted to outline the necessity of using the purposes method (al-manhaj al-maqāṣidi) to understand the correct meaning of Islamic religious texts, particularly those related to the image of women, by analysing a set of Prophetic Hadiths in the canonical works of al-Bukhari and Muslim. When the purposes method is not utilized, these texts are typically understood as hostile towards women, leading many to question their validit…
Philosophy (4 works) · Islam (3 works) · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Analogy (1 works)