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Rethinking Reform in Higher Education
The Reform in Higher Education in Muslim Societies is in sum a paradigm shift in perspective driven by important considerations including the aims of education itself. It may require reforming existing disciplines, inventing new ones, as well as working in conjunction with current knowledge(s) and discourses by taking effective account of the ethical, spiritual norms of Muslim society, the guid…
Wholeness and Holiness in Education: An Islamic Perspective
Critically examining the Western, secular approach to formal education, the author contests the value of an education system focusing solely on the intellectual and physical aspects of human development. This study is a holistic view of knowledge and a sociological discussion adopting an unconventional approach of using personal experiences of the author as the basis for debate and analysis
Public Policy: Beyond Traditional Jurisprudence : a Maqāṣid Approach
Public Policy: Beyond Traditional Jurisprudence: A Maqasid Approach\r\nThis work charts new territory in Islamic scholarship by attempting to address the field of public policy from a maqasid (higher objectives of the Shariah) perspective. Public Policy is an independent discipline from both law and politics. Thus, Public Policy in Islam is introduced here as a qualitatively different enterpris…
Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times
\\\"THE CONTEMPORARY postnormal world is posing for Muslims ever strange ethical, financial, and medical dilemmas for which modern jurists are expected to provide a suitable theological response. Yet even with an encyclopedic knowledge of Islamic law, the task facing them is daunting. In the real world this level of complexity has led to chaos in fatwa issuance with many scholars voicing concer…
Maqasid Al-shariah as Philosophy of Islamic Law: A Systems Approach
In this path breaking study, Jasser Auda presents a systems approach to the philosophy and juridical theory of Islamic law based on its purposes, intents, and higher objectives (maqasid). For Islamic rulings to fulfill their original purposes of justice, freedom, rights, common good, and tolerance in today\'s context, Auda presents maqasid as the heart and the very philosophy of Islamic law. He…
Islamic Legal Methodology: A New Perspective On Uşŭl Al-Fiqh
This book discusses the historical development of the legal methodology for the interpretation of the Shari’ah, and analyzes proposed reforms by modern Muslim scholars. This study has two goals: (1) to summarize usul al-fiqh’s rise and development from its rudimentary form to its advanced and mature phase by articulating the contributions of eminent jurists on key intellectual debates, and …
Islamic Business Ethics (Human Development)
This book addresses Muslim business community members who have to deal with ethical situations on a day-to-day basis. It gives key principles of management from an Islamic point of view. Its goal is to help Muslims engaged in business to act in accordance with the Islamic system of ethics.\r\n\r\nThe writer’s experience with different Islamic activities give him a practical background that su…
Understanding Maqasid al-Shariah: A Contemporary Perspective
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…
Imam Al-Shatibi\'s Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law
With the end of the early Islamic period, Muslim scholars came to sense that a rift had begun to emerge between the teachings and principles of Islam and Muslims daily reality and practices. The most important means by which scholars sought to restore the intimate contact between Muslims and the Quran was to study the objectives of Islam, the causes behind Islamic legal rulings and the intentio…
Towards Realization of the Higher Intents of Islamic Law: Maqasid Al-Shariah:…
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. This is carried out via the sections on the role of reason and experience in identifying maqasid. Secondly, the book gives answers to the complex theoretical questions on the role o…
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