Maqasid al-Shari’ah, or the higher goals and objectives of Islamic law, is an important and yet somewhat neglected theme of the Shari’ah. Generally the Shar

Maqasid al-Shari'ah, or the higher goals and objectives of Islamic law, is an important and yet somewhat neglected theme of the Shari'ah. Generally the Shari'ah

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 h

Current applications (or rather, misapplications) of Islamic law are reductionist rather than holistic, literal rather than moral, one-dimensional rather than m

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 contem