Although it as impossible to codify Islam as it is to codify life itself, Muslim Personal Law, nevertheless, provides the reader with a reliable checklist of the identifiable features of the Shari'ah which govern the fundamental milestones in life experienced by most people:

• birth,
• childhood,
• marriage,
• divorce,
• death and
• inheritance. 

It represents one of the mainstream attempts to codify these aspects of Islamic law, based on centuries of practical application and experience.