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==The rise of Abbasid dynasty, the Sharia risky separate interpretations and unification==
[[File:1200px-Abbasid_Caliphate_and_Umayyad_Emirate.png|thumbnail|300px|The Abbasid Caliphate in 755.]]
In 750 the Umayyads were overthrown and replaced by the Abbasid dynasty. During the 500-year rule of the Abbasids, the Sharia reached its full development. Under their absolute rule the Abbasids transferred substantial areas of criminal law from qadis to the government. And although the qadis continued to handle cases involving religious, family, property, and commercial law, the Abbasids encouraged legal scholars to further debate the Sharia vigorously. As a result a group of scholars started claiming that only the divinely inspired Quran and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad should make up the Sharia. Yet, another separate group, however, argued that the Sharia should also include the reasoned opinions of qualified legal scholars. Thus different legal systems began to develop in the different provinces threatening to separate Sharia and Muslim community by risky free interprets.<ref>Sharīʿah: Development of different schools of law - http://www.britannica.com/topic/Shariah#toc68927</ref>