sharia law is summed _ about what is sharahelo? supposed to _ about what is sharahelo? sharia law is supposed to govern - about what is sharahelo? sharia law is supposed to govern all. law is supposed to govern all aspects of human life, a simple definition would be, it is meant to govern all aspects of human life, and regulate all human life, and regulate all human actions, but as you have correctly pointed out, it is quite complex to talk about sharia law, the different categories, so it would generally be divided by scholars into four categories, the first deals with acts of worship, prayers, fasting, the second category will look at civil matters, for example islamic finance, and how to regulate the banking system for instance, the third category deals with personal, and here we are looking at divorce, marriage, inheritance and the final category is where it gets a bit controversial, because it islamic criminal law can be seen as quite repressive. the overwhelming majority of muslim countries don't actually implement islamic cr