Saturday, November 23, 2024

Tag: Muslim Personal Law

What is Muslim Personal law? Who is Muslim and what are the modes of conversion to Islam ?

Personal law is that branch of law which regulates the personal matters of individuals as marriage,divorce, guardianship etc. It is called personal law because it deals with the personal matters of a person it affects only to the person concern. It deals with the matters of family so it is also called family law. Personal laws are generally based on religion. It is practice to call the personal law of different community with their religion. For example personal law of Hindu community is called Hindu law, personal​ law of Muslim community is called Muslim law, personal law of Christian is called Christian law etc, these all are based on their religion. The main features of personal law are as follow .