The Urgency of the Maqāṣid Al-Syarī‘Ah in Reasoning Islamic Law

  • Alimuddin IAIN Lhokseumawe Faculty of Sharia, Indonesia
Keywords: maqāṣid al-syarī‘ah; reasoning; islamic law

Abstract

This paper aims to present several theories about how important to understand maqāid al-syarī‘ah when someone wants to study a law in Islam, someone cannot be separated from that context. Maqāid al-syarī‘ah is a barometer or the main standard of consideration in the formulation of shari'ah with the aim of benefit the Ummah, and Islam consistently makes  maqāid al-syarī‘ah in all its rules. The thinking of Ibn ‘Āsyūr about maqāid is built on this principle, that it’s imperative to accept the concept of ta‘līl. The theory of maqāid rests on three basic concepts; (a). Maqāids are sometimes qath‘ī and annī (assumptive). (b). Maqāid ‘āmmah and khaṣṣhah (c). Al-maqām, al-istiqrā ’and distinguish between wailah and purpose in the application of fiqh law. Every phenomenon that has great potential for maslahah it can be stated to be included in the maqāid al-syarī‘ah. On the other hand the human need is not to know the maqāid al-syāri‘ itself, but to find a law for a new case that has no prescribed text. Ontology of maqāid al-syarī'at al-khāssah is also a value, because knowing the law for that case is complete with the text, now the needed for a new case, so the ontology of maqāid al-syarī'ah in this dimension is a transcendent value to refer when conducting tahqīqal-manāt.

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Published
2019-10-03
How to Cite
Alimuddin. (2019). The Urgency of the Maqāṣid Al-Syarī‘Ah in Reasoning Islamic Law. Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences (BIoHS) Journal, 1(2), 117-123. https://doi.org/10.33258/biohs.v1i2.42