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978-1-4985-4993-6 • Hardback • February 2018 • $136.00 • (£105.00)
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Idris Nassery is postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Islamic Theology at the University of Paderborn.
Rumee Ahmed is associate dean of arts and associate professor of Islamic law at the University of British Columbia.
Muna Tatari is assistant professor of Islamic systematic theology in the Institute of Islamic Theology at the University of Paderborn.
Editor’s Introduction
Part I: Promises
1. Goals and Purposes Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah: Methodological Perspectives
Mohammad Hashim Kamali
2.Realising Maqāṣid in the Sharīʿah
Jasser Auda
3. Freedom of Religion in the Age of Multi-Religious Societies with Special Reference to Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah
Muhammad Khalid Masud
4. The Inviolability of Human Dignity: A Maqāṣidī Perspective
Idris Nassery
5. Qur’ān, Sunnah, Maqāṣid and the Religious Other: The Ideas of Muḥammad Shaḥrūr
Adis Duderija
6. Ibn ʿĀshūr’s Interpretation of the Purposes of the Law (Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah): An Islamic Modernist Approach to Legal Change
Felicitas Opwis
7. Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah in Islamic Contracts: A Study of Current Practices of Islamic Finance in Light of Islamic Legal Maxims
Younes Soualhi
Part II: Challenges
8. Reason and Revelation: A Meaningful Contribution to Contemporary Ethical Debates in a Secular Context
Muna Tatari
9. The Hermeneutical Approach of Shāṭibī on the Basis of the Maqāṣid Definition of Reason: Fundamental Issues of a Modern Reinterpretation
Mohammed Nekroumi
10. The Challenge Facing Islamic Banking and Finance: Has It Moved Away From Its Core Objectives, With Special Reference to Maqāṣid?
Habib Ahmed
11. The Relationship between Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah and Uṣūl al-Fiqh
Cefli Ademi
12. Which comes first, the Maqāṣid, or the Sharī‘ah?
Rumee Ahmed
13. How Objective are the Objectives (Maqāṣid)? Examining Evolving Notions of the Sharī‘ah through the Lens of Lineage (Nasl)
Ayesha S. Chaudhry
14. Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah as a Legitimization for the Muslim Minorities Law
Mouez Khalfaoui
Epilogue: Anver Emon
The Objectives of Islamic Law is an excellent collection of essays on the increasingly popular subject of maqasid al-shari’ah, including several that are written by world-renowned experts in the field. With its multi-perspectival and fresh treatments of many maqasid-related themes, this book is highly recommended reading, especially for those interested in deepening their understanding of an alternative view—the maqasid approach—of the meaning, place, and role of the Sharia in contemporary Islam that now has growing appeal among its intellectual circles.
— Osman Bakar, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
The Objectives of Islamic Law is a much welcomed and indispensable source for the academic study of maqāṣid al-sharī‘a.
— Lena Larsen, University of Oslo
This is an excellent volume on the important subject of maqasid al-shari'ah, featuring contributions from leading experts on the subject. This volume certainly makes a significant contribution to the discourse on the evolution of Islamic law and I recommend it highly.
— Mashood Baderin, Professor of Laws, SOAS, University of London