The Quran and the Sunna of the Prophet are the two primary sources of Islamic law, faith, and thought in general. They govern absolutely all aspects of a Muslim’s life both privately and publically including, but not limited to, physical acts of worship, state administration, social life issues such as marriage and divorce, matters of creed (aqida), and spirituality. In matters related to law, these primary sources, when not made explicit, are then complemented with secondary sources based on human interpretation made by the jurists( faqih). Such human efforts to interpret the law are based on ijtihad (independent reasoning). The Sharia law as “raw” material is divine in nature, fiqh (jurisprudence) on the other hand is the human endeavor, the science, that interprets and explains this divine law.