Ikram Ullah

The first comprehensive treatment of Islamic contract law in the English language, Islamic Contract Law serves as both a reference work and an authoritative statement of the law and the Fiqh underlying it. The book's structure draws from the tradition of western contract law books to enable non-expert readers to easily navigate its structure, sources, and application. It covers the complete spectrum of Islamic contract regulation, and includes chapters on the formation of contracts, the sources of Islamic contract law, the role of intention, legal capacity, the importance of the subject matter, as well as the prohibited elements of contracts. Further chapters discuss validity and defects, contractual terms, bilateral agreements, equity-based partnership contracts, ancillary and unilateral contracts, termination and damages, and the role of third parties. Finally, a chapter is devoted to the application of Islamic law in contemporary Muslim-majority legal systems. This is a key work for understanding the contract underpinnings of Islamic finance instruments and is a must-read for scholars, legal professionals, and students with an interest in contracts governed by Islamic Law.

Ikramullah is counted among those writers who not only opened new doors of possibilities in fiction but also gave credibility to Urdu literature with his maturity of thought and unbiased style of speech. He did not associate himself with any movement or ism, simply identified his art through his artistic vision, breadth of study, deep observation and diverse experiences and exposed literature to new dimensions of creative expression. He is a perfect writer. They have opposite roles. He has an extraordinary ability to weave a legend out of touching, touching and unique incidents, effective language and excellent narration. With his dense fictional content, artful use of detail and realistic technique, he is quick to earn the trust of an intelligent reader. His attitude is not journalistic or scholastic, but creative and aesthetic. His fiction collections, short stories and novels are living proofs of this claim.