LIST OF AUTHORITIES
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KEY TO REFERENCES

The Holy Qur’ān. — All references given without an indication of name are to the Holy Book, the first figure representing the number of the chapter, and the second figure the number of the verse.

AA Amīr ‘Alī’s Muhammadan Law.
‘Abd al-Aziz, Shāh, of Delhi . . . . . . Ujāla Nāfi‘a.
AD.* Sunan, of Abū Dāwūd.
AH. Tafsir al-Baḥr al-Muḥīt, by Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, generally known as Abū Ḥayyān, according to the edition published by the Sa‘āda Press, Cairo, in 4 volumes.
Ah. Musnad, of al-lmām Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal, according to the edition printed at al-Maimana Press, Cairo, 6 volumes, 1306 A.H.
Ai. Umdat al-Qārī by Badr al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad, Al-‘Ainī, Ḥanafī, according to the edition printed at al-‘Āmira Press, Cairo.
AM-AD. ‘Aun al-Ma‘būd ‘alā Sunani Abī Dāwūd, by Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Sharf al-Ḥaq, commonly known as Muḥammad Ashraf, according to the edition printed at Anṣārī Press, Delhi, 4 volumes, 1318 A.H.
Amīr ‘Alī The Spirit of Islām, published by S.K. Lahiri & Co., Calcutta, 1902 A. D.
AR The Principles of the Muhammadan Jurisprudence, by (Sir) ‘Abd al-Raḥīm, printed at the S.P.C.K. Press, Madras, 1911.
ASh The Muhammadan Law of Marriage and Divorce, by Aḥmad Shukrī.