This is the first volume of the most authoritative text on Isma‘ili law, Da’a’im al-Islam, which was the official code of the Fatimid Empire. It covers the topics of faith, devotion, ritual purity, prayer, funerals, the alms tax, fasting, pilgrimage, and jihad. Published for the first time in paperback, it is an essential reference work for lawyers, judges, and scholars of religious and socio-legal studies.

‘This book is an important document about the tenets and traditions of Islam. … a storehouse of information about the teachings of the Prophet and the sayings of the different Imams.’ — The Telegraph

‘…one must express admiration and appreciation for the painstaking labour that has gone into the editing and translation of the text.’ — Journal of Islamic Studies