ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the significance of the fourteenth-century Tunisian book of Ibn al-Rāmī Kitab al-Iʿlan bi Ahkam al-Bunyan and the Islamic building regulations it contains. Three major themes of the building regulations are selected for analysis and commentaries by the four Sunni schools of jurisprudence are included. The author concludes that Islamic building regulations are neither chaotic nor unorganized. They suggest that Islamic cities and their building regulations are sophisticated conceptions and realities owing their genesis to the Sharīʿa (Islamic Law). Many lessons from Ibn al-Rāmī’s Tunis Book remain relevant to issues in the modern built environment.
