[shah-ree-ah] 
| law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas. |
| sha·ri·'a or sha·ri·a also sha·ri·'ah (shä-rē'ä) n. Islam The code of law based on the Koran. [Arabic šarī'a, divinely ordained law, from šara'a, to prescribe or ordain (of God); see śrʕ in Semitic roots.] |