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Hadith meaning
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What does Hadith mean?
In legal practice, Hadith describes the recorded reports of the sayings, actions and tacit approvals of the Prophet Muhammad, which experts cites to explain Islamic belief, practice and rules where these are relevant to a case. It is not defined in UK or Irish legislation or case law; rather, it is a descriptive term from Islamic scholarship that may inform evidence.
Hadith may arise in:
- Expert evidence on the content of foreign law in family or commercial matters governed by a legal system drawing on sharia.
- Asylum and immigration claims involving religious belief or practice.
- Equality, employment, education and prison law where Article 9 ECHR and domestic protections for religion or belief are engaged.
- Charity law when assessing advancement of religion.
Experts may refer to recognised Sunni or Shia hadith collections and the grading of hadith (e.g., sahih, hasan, da‘if) to indicate the weight of an asserted rule. Courts do not determine theology; they assess the cogency and relevance of expert evidence.
Usage is broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, where foreign law is proved as a matter of fact by expert evidence, subject to procedural differences.
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UK Banking, Finance, Capital Markets, Derivatives and Insolvency Law Glossary including Islamic finance
Banking & Finance glossary A Auditing and Accounting Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) The foremost Islamic, international, autonomous, independent, not-for-profit corporate body that develops and issues accounting, auditing, governance, ethics and Shari’ah benchmarks and standards for Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs) and the wider Islamic finance sector. Founded in Bahrain in 1991, it is backed by a number of institutional members across more than 45 countries, including central banks and regulatory authorities, financial institutions, accounting and auditing practices, and legal firms. Its pronouncements are currently applied by leading Islamic financial institutions across the world and have advanced a progressive and gradual harmonisation of global Islamic finance practice. It also delivers professional qualification programmes—notably Certified Islamic Professional Accountant (CIPA), Certified Shari’ah Adviser and Auditor (CSAA), and the corporate compliance programme—in efforts to strengthen the industry’s human capital and governance frameworks. For further details, see Practice Note: Key participants in the Islamic finance industry—Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). Acceleration Acceleration is the formal action...
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