Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Journal / Book Title
Studia Islamica
Abstract
This article attempts to analyze the legal thought of the modern religious reformer Muhammad Rashīd Riḍā (1865-1935), particularly his conception of the legal aims of Islamic law (maqāsid al-sharīa). I argue that Riḍā's legal thought stems from his understanding of the maqāṣid of the Qur'ān. The Lawgiver, in Riḍā's view, wants Muslims, whether jurists or not, to contemplate the ḥikma or the rationale behind any legal rule and to focus on the general principles of the sharī'a> in which the consideration of the public good (maṣlaḥa) becomes a significant part. The article also responds to the view of few Western scholars' evaluations of Riḍā's legal thought such as those of Malcolm Kerr and Wael Hallaq.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Ibrahim, Yasir, "Rashid Ridā and Maqāsid al-Sharī'a" (2006). Department of Religion Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 2.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/religion-facpubs/2
Published Citation
Ibrahim, Y. (2006). Rashīd Riḍā and Maqāṣid al-Sharī'a. Studia Islamica, (102/103), 157-198.