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Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa (Higher Objectives of the Law)

The overarching aims the Law seeks to secure—protection of religion, life, intellect, lineage, and property—used to guide interpretation.

The overarching aims the Law seeks to secure—protection of religion, life, intellect, lineage, and property—used to guide interpretation.

How it traveled

  1. Shifa Ghalil
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  2. Ihya Culum Din
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  3. Mahsul
    Samarkand · 1210
    explains
  4. Rasail Wa Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  5. Akeidat Yitzchak
    Tarragona · 1490
    explains

Key passages(20)

Aclam Muwaqqicin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Hisba · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Mahsul · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Nihayat Wusul · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Sharh Cadud · al-Iji

Very high

Sharh Maqasid · al-Taftazani

Very high

Tahdhib Wusul · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Talwih Cala Tawdih · al-Taftazani

Very high

Mustasfa · al-Ghazali

Very high

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Iqtida Sirat · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Istiqama · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Laali Nayyirat · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Mawaqif · al-Iji

Very high

Mukhtalaf Shica · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Qacida Jalila · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Rawdat Nazir · Ibn Qudama

Very high