Chapters on Marriage and Divorce: Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn RahwayhWhile western derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is key to the status of women. This work makes available for the first time in English three compilations of responses to questions about family law given by two prominent Muslim jurists of the ninth century (third century of Islam) Ahmad b. Hanbal,