The Spirit of Islamic Law (The Spirit of the Laws)

Probably, on of the best introductions to the main concepts of Islamic law.

This was the first book I pick up regarding the Muslim religion and I recommend starting somewhere else. This book is written with great detail which one may think is a good thing but I personally though made it a trying read. I was forced to re-read several paragraphs just to grasp the concepts. This book digs into the seeming complicated religious law but without adding any real life to it. I do recommend if your aim is to understand a fully as possible. It did mention several concepts other books did not.

I read this recently for my seminar on Islamic law. Weiss brings up some great insights as he discusses Islamic law, but I found many of his chapters to be meandering works where I got a little lost. He never uses section headings within a chapter and sometimes I found myself unclear about where he was going with his ideas. It's a very dense text and makes the best sense when reread. Also, as a student, I found the skimpy index unhelpful when I needed to go on a treasure hunt for a buried quote.