Law of Sharifistan

In the absolute monarchy of Sharifistan , monarchical decrees co-exist with tribal law and the Maturidi school of Islamic jurisprudence though the Sultan technically has absolute power.

criminal law

Sharifistan criminal law is defined by the Sharifistani Code of Criminal Justice, a collection of royal decrees and Quranic verses dealing with matters of criminal justice and notes of interpretation by the Chief Qadi.

family law

Sharifistan allows polygyny if the husband's religion (such as Islam) permits it and the existing wife (or wives) gives permission in court. The minimum marriageable age is 16 as decreed by Sultan Suleiman Khan, who increased it from 14 in 2014. This is the marriageable age regardless of the age of the 16 year old's spouse.

Personal law

For matters such as marriage, divorce and contract law between citizens of the same religion religious courts are used. This has made Sharifistan attractive to religious minorities in the Middle-East and New Religious Movement formed in the West as well as to Fundamentalist Mormons. Some religious courts prohibit polygyny whilst others allow men to have more than four wives (both in contrast to Islamic law which state that a man may have up to four wives but also may not have any more than this).