Towards Realization of the Higher Intents of Islamic Law
Subtitle: Maqasid al-Shariah - A Functional Approach
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9789675062575
Description: This book takes an important step ?towards the realization of the higher intents of the Islamic law?. First, it opens the door towards the integration of contemporary values and worldview into the maqasid terminology. Secondly, the book gives answers to the complex theoretical questions on the role of maqasid in ijtihad, juristic theorization and the islamization of the human, social, and physical sciences. It also highlights the role and the necessity of a ?maqasid-informed' mindset on the intellectual and communal levels, and takes a futuristic look into this branch of Islamic knowledge. The original Arabic version of this book has enjoyed wide success and acceptance in the juridical and intellectual circles of the Islamic world.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the Arabic Edition; title: Introduction to the Second Edition; title: Introduction to the First Edition; title: Chapter One: Central Issues; title: Theme 1: The Role of Reason, Innate Understanding and Experience in Identifying and Verifying Maqāṣid; title: Theme 2: Establishing the Order of the Maqāṣid in Relation to Each Other; title: Theme 3: Establishing the Order of the Means (Wasā’il) Associated With Each of the Maqāṣid; title: Subtheme 1: The Deterrent Force of Innate Understanding, Religion and External Authority; title: Subtheme 2: The Categories of Essentials (Ḍarūriyyāt), Exigencies (Ḥājiyāt) and Enhancements (Taḥsīniyyāt) Have to Do With Means (Wasā’il), Not Intents (Maqāṣid); title: Subtheme 3: Should There be Three Levels, or Five?; title: Subtheme 4: The Criterion on the Basis of Which a Given Ruling or Means is to be Placed in the Category of Essentials, Exigencies, or Enhancements; title: Subtheme 5: Practical Observations; title: Theme 4: The Specification and Categorization of Means Based on Considerations of Place, Time, Persons and Circumstances; title: Chapter Two: A New Conceptualization of Maqāṣid; title: Theme 1: Whether ‘Essential’ Maqāṣid Should be Limited to Five; title: Theme 2: The Types and Categories of Maqāṣid; title: Subtheme 1: The Maqāṣid of Creation; title: Subtheme 2: The Higher Maqāṣid of Islamic law and Foundational Concepts; title: Subtheme 3: The Universal Maqāṣid of Islamic Law (al-Maqāṣid al-Kulliyyah); title: Subtheme 4: Specific Maqāṣid (al-Maqāṣid al-Khāṣṣah); title: Subtheme 5: Particular Maqāṣid (al-Maqāṣid al-Juz’iyyah); title: Subtheme 6: Human Intents (Maqāṣid al-Mukallafīn); title: Theme 3: From the Five Universals to the Four Realms; title: Subtheme 1: The Maqāṣid as They Pertain to the Individual; title: Subtheme 2: The Maqāṣid as They Pertain to the Family; title: Subtheme 3: The Maqāṣid as They Pertain to the Ummah; title: Subtheme 4: The Maqāṣid as They pertain to all of Humanity; title: Chapter Three: Realization of the Maqāṣid; title: Theme 1: The Current Uses of Maqāṣid; title: Theme 2: Maqāṣid-Based Ijtihad; title: Theme 3: Juristic Theorization; title: Subtheme 1: Harbingers; title: Subtheme 2: Juristic Theorization; title: Theme 4: The Use of Maqāṣid in the Islamization of the Human, Social and Physical Sciences; title: Subtheme 1: On Methodology; title: Subtheme 2: An Example from the Realm of Education; title: Subtheme 3: An Example from the Field of Economics; title: Subtheme 4: An Example from the Realm of Sociology; title: Subtheme 5: An Example from the Natural Sciences; title: Theme 5: The Maqāṣid-Informed Mindset on the Individual and Communal Levels; title: Subtheme 1: The Maqāṣid-Informed Mindset in the Intellectual Realm; title: Subtheme 2: The Maqāṣid-Informed Mindset on the Communal Level (The Realm of Islamic Legal Policy); title: Theme 6: The Future of Maqāṣid: As an Independent Discipline, an Intermediate Discipline, or an Extension of Uṣūl al-Fiqh?; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Glossary of Terms