In the traditional Indian account of Muslim personal law, assess the two statements. Statement I.…
Mulla's account identifies the Hanafi school as the principal school among Indian Sunnis. It does not treat all Sunnis as Hanafi. The same account distinguishes adoption of…
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In the traditional Indian account of Muslim personal law, assess the two statements.
Statement I. Indian Sunni Muslims are described as belonging principally to the Hanafi school.
Statement II. A Sunni woman does not become subject to Shia law merely by marrying a Shia man.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Mulla's account identifies the Hanafi school as the principal school among Indian Sunnis. It does not treat all Sunnis as Hanafi.
The same account distinguishes adoption of another sect's tenets from marriage and says Sunni-to-Shia inter-sect marriage does not itself subject the Sunni woman to Shia law.
The statement addresses the consequence of the marriage alone. It does not decide a question about independently changing one's sect.
Option feedback
Option A
The traditional description and the limited consequence of marriage are both accurate.
Option B
The account supports both statements.
Option C
Marriage itself does not change the woman's governing sect under the stated account.
Option D
The principal-school description is supported by the traditional account.
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