maqasid al-shariah

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Maqasid al-Shariah is the Islamic legal theory of the higher objectives and purposes of Sharia, focusing on the preservation of essential human interests such as religion, life, intellect, lineage, and property.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurisprudential concept ⓘ
Islamic legal theory ⓘ
theory of legal objectives ⓘ
aimsTo preserve essential human interests ⓘ
prevent harm (mafsadah) ⓘ
realize human welfare (maslahah) ⓘ
appliedIn Islamic bioethics ⓘ
Islamic finance ⓘ
Islamic public policy ⓘ
contemporary Islamic legal reform ⓘ
classifiesInterest daruriyyat (essentials) ⓘ
hajiyyat (needs) ⓘ
tahsiniyyat (embellishments) ⓘ
concerns higher objectives of Sharia ⓘ
purposes of Islamic law ⓘ
developedIn classical Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
emphasizedBy Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi ⓘ
guides derivation of legal rulings ⓘ
interpretation of Sharia texts ⓘ
hasComponent al-Shariah ⓘ
linked to: Sharia

maqasid ⓘ
hasGoal balance between rights and duties ⓘ
promotion of justice ⓘ
protection of human dignity ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasLevel general objectives of Sharia ⓘ
particular objectives of rulings ⓘ
specific objectives of legal areas ⓘ
hasMeaning objectives of Islamic law ⓘ
hasTransliteration Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa ⓘ
linked to: maqasid al-shariah
includesObjective preservation of intellect ⓘ
preservation of life ⓘ
preservation of lineage ⓘ
preservation of property ⓘ
preservation of religion ⓘ
influencedBy Quran ⓘ
Sunnah ⓘ
consensus of jurists (ijma) ⓘ
rational consideration of benefit and harm ⓘ
normativeScope individual conduct ⓘ
social order ⓘ
state policy ⓘ
relatedConcept ijtihad ⓘ
maslahah mursalah ⓘ
qiyas ⓘ
usedIn Islamic legal reasoning ⓘ
linked to: Usul al-fiqh

usul al-fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Usul al-fiqh

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Usul al-fiqh → hasSubfield → maqasid al-shariah ⓘ
Maqasid al-Shariah → hasTransliteration → Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa ⓘ
subject linked to: maqasid al-shariah
linked to: maqasid al-shariah
Hujjat Allah al-Baligha → focusesOn → maqasid al-shariah ⓘ
al-Muwafaqat fi Usul al-Shari'ah → focus → maqasid al-shari'ah ⓘ
linked to: maqasid al-shariah
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Shatibi → topicOfWork → maqasid al-sharia in al-Muwafaqat fi Usul al-Sharia ⓘ
linked to: maqasid al-shariah
Tajdid Usul al-Fiqh (Renewal of the Sources of Islamic Law) → emphasizes → maqasid al-sharia (objectives of Islamic law) ⓘ
linked to: maqasid al-shariah