The importance of language and its use in legal reasoning in Islamic law is explored in this legal text. Covering such topics as linguistic principles and legal rulings, the clarity and ambiguity of linguistic terms, the general and specific qualities of words, and the ambiguity and clarity of selected terms, this linguistic study places the discussion of Islamic language and law into its context, introducing fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence and its development, branches, importance, and relationship with the other Islamic sciences. Readers will learn about the tools developed by Islamic scholars in making the law, the methods used in Islamic legislation, and the sources of Islamic law.

The discipline of 'principles of Islamic jurisprudence' ("usul al-fiqh") constitutes the theoretical basis of Islamic law ("Shari'ah") and the indisputable foundation on which it is based. One of the most important branches of "usul al-fiqh" is the study of the usage of language. "Language and the Interpretation of Islamic Law" is the first work to appear in the English language dealing with this important aspect of Islamic law. Dr Sukri Husayn Ramic gives us the background to the terminology used by the different schools of Islamic law and then discusses the different applications of language in legal reasoning and the interpretation of Islamic law.