<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Sharia, Sharia law, or Islamic law (Arabic: شريعة ‎ ‎ (IPA: (ʃaˈriːʕa))) is the religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition . It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith . In Arabic, the term sharīʿah refers to God's immutable divine law and is contrasted with fiqh, which refers to its human scholarly interpretations . The manner of its application in modern times has been a subject of dispute between Muslim traditionalists and reformists . </P> <P> Traditional theory of Islamic jurisprudence recognizes four sources of sharia: the Quran, sunnah (authentic hadith), qiyas (analogical reasoning), and ijma (juridical consensus). Different legal schools--of which the most prominent are Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali and Jafari--developed methodologies for deriving sharia rulings from scriptural sources using a process known as ijtihad . Traditional jurisprudence distinguishes two principal branches of law, ʿibādāt (rituals) and muʿāmalāt (social relations), which together comprise a wide range of topics . Its rulings assign actions to one of five categories: mandatory, recommended, neutral, abhorred, and prohibited . Thus, some areas of sharia overlap with the Western notion of law while others correspond more broadly to living life in accordance with God's will . </P>

Which is the term for the holy law of islam