Maqasid Al-Shariah: A Beginner's Guide (Occasional Paper)

Maqasid Al-Shariah: A Beginner's Guide (Occasional Paper)

Current applications (or rather, misapplications) of Islamic law are reductionist rather than holistic, literal rather than moral, one-dimensional rather than multidimensional, binary rather than multi-valued, deconstructionist rather than reconstructionist, and causal rather than teleological. There is lack of consideration and functionality of the overall purposes and underlying principles of the Islamic law as a whole. Further, exaggerated claims of rational certainty (or else, irrationality ) and consensus of the infallible (or else, historicity of the scripts ) add to lack of spirituality, intolerance, violent ideologies, suppressed freedoms, and authoritarianism. Thus, a maqasidi approach takes juridical issues to a higher philosophical ground, and hence, overcomes (historical) differences over politics between Islamic schools of law, and encourages a much-needed culture of conciliation and peaceful coexistence. Moreover, the realization of purposes should be the core objective of all fundamental linguistic and rational methodologies of ijtihad, regardless of their various names and approaches. Thus, the validity of any ijtihad should be determined based on its level of achieving purposefulness, or realizing maqasid al-shaiah.
Country USA
Brand International Institute of Islamic Thought
Manufacturer International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781565644403
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	International Institute of Islamic Thought
Manufacturer	International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9781565644403
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Maqasid Al-Shariah: A Beginner's Guide (Occasional Paper)

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