Islamic jurisprudence has developed a special utilitarian method for both understanding Shari’a and applying it in unprecedented situations. The concept of Maslaha is the cornerstone of Islamic legal philosophy for three reasons: (1) the close link between Maslaha and religious Islamic texts, (2) the methodology of categorizing Maslaha is one of the main subjects of...Read More

The word Hisbah is derived from the root „hasaba‟ which means “arithmetical problem”, “sum” or “reward”. The verb “hasaba”, Yahsubu means to “compute”, or “to measure”. The verbal form “Ihtasaba” means “to take into consideration”, to anticrpate a reward in the hereafter by adding a pious deed to one’s account with Allah.3 From here, the...Read More

Shari‘ah and Haqīqah are two terms of Tasawwuf- Islamic Mysticism which had generated a lot of controversies among Islamic scholars. Previous works have focused on the connotations of Shari‘ah and Haqīqah individually and with some other terms that are connected to the two. However, those works were confronted with the challenge of creating a unique...Read More

Providing easiness for servants is one of the principles of Islamic jurisprudence and Muslim jurists resort to it whenever literal applications of Islamic rulings cause hardships and difficulty. Providing benefits for people and protecting them from harm them is one of the higher objectives of Islam, and jurists have tried to actualize this in their...Read More