Al-Ahkam As-Sultaniyyah: The Laws of Islamic Governance

Abu’l Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib al-Mawardi
Asadullah Yate (translation)
Hardback, 354 pages
9781842001776

Al-Ahkam As-Sultaniyyah is the single most comprehensive account of the workings of Islamic governance and a highly influential theoretical outline of the nature of that governance.

It may also be taken as a snapshot of the inner workings of Abbasid power at its height.

Woven throughout it are accounts of the first community of Islam and the judgements of the early scholars of the salaf which are the book's lifeblood and its light.