Dr. Musafir bin Ali al-Qahtani\\\\\\\'s work contributes to the ever growing body of scholarly literature in the field of maqasid al-Shari\\\\\\\'ah (higher objectives of Islamic law). Understanding Maqasidal-Shari ah calls for the development of a juridicial sense that is finely tuned to the higher objectives and purposes of Islamic rulings, the aims of which are the formulation of a new metho…