Sharia Law

This article is about Islamic religious law. For the fictional character in One Thousand and One Nights see Shahryar. Sharia (Arabic: ) is the dynamic body of Islamic religious law. The term means "way" or "path to the water source"; it is the legal framework within which the public and some private aspects of life are regulated for those living in a legal system based on Muslim principles of jurisprudence.
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Noun
1. the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state"
(synonym) shariah, shariah law, sharia, Islamic law
(hypernym) law, jurisprudence
(hyponym) hudud, hudood
(class) halal

A term used to describe the canonical law of Islam. A number of different areas of law are subject to principals or rules of Sharia or, Shari'ah as it is known in Saudi Arabia, including death, descent and distribution, divorce, contracts, sales, interest, and mortgages.