Maqasid Al-Shari’ah, Ijtihad and Civilisational Renewal (Occasional Paper)

Name: Maqasid Al-Shari’ah, Ijtihad and Civilisational Renewal (Occasional Paper)
Author: Mohammed Hashim Kamali, 1944-

written by Mohammed Hashim Kamali, 1944-, in Occasional Papers Series, 20 (Herndon, VA: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2012), 61 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: This paper develops the idea of a maqasid-based framework for ijtihad and civilisational renewal (tajdid hadari), a broad and engaging prospect that also involves a review and reappraisal of the methodology of Islamic jurisprudence relating to both the maqasid and ijtihad. The author argues that this would enable Muslims to widen the scope and horizon of the maqasid or objectives of Islamic law from their currently legalistic leanings towards the wider perspective of civilisational renaissance. The nexus that needs to be developed between the maqasid and ijtihad also needs to be supported by a credible methodology, as this paper attempts.
Field of Interest: Religion & Thought
Author: Mohammed Hashim Kamali, 1944-
Content Type: General reference book
Duration: 0 sec
Format: Text
Page Count: 61
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought
Place Published / Released: Herndon, VA
Series Number: 20
Subject: Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Law, القانون, Droit, Loi, Sharī'a, فقه‎, Recht, חוֹק, Legislação, Derecho, Muslim, Law, Crime & the Administration of Justice, Hadīth, Authority of, Qur'ān, Authority of, Divine Law
Series / Program: Occasional Papers Series
Keywords and Translated Subjects: القانون, Droit, Loi, Sharī'a, فقه‎, Recht, חוֹק, Legislação, Derecho