Colleges

Course Topics:
First: Introductory Overview:
1 – The reality of intentions.
2 – Dividing purposes into the purposes of the obligated person and the purposes of Sharia.
3 – The subject of Maqasid al-Shari'ah and its issues.
4 – The Origin and Development of the Science of Maqasid.
5 – Most Notable Works in the Science of Maqasid.
Second: Terms Related to Objectives:
1 – Interest
2 – Wisdom
3 - The Occasion
4 – The Cause
5 – The Cause
Third: Creedal Issues Related to the Purposes of Islamic Law:
1 - Mental Improvement and Degradation
2 – The rationale behind Allah's actions and judgments. .

Fourth: Evidence for considering the purposes of Islamic law:
1 – Documentary Evidence. .
2 – Rational Evidence .

Fifth: Methods of knowing the legitimate purposes:
1 – Textual Phenomena. .
2 – Context .
Induction. .
4 – Reasons for legal rulings. .
5 - Scott Street. .
6 – Original and Secondary Objectives. .

Sixth: Divisions of Sharia Objectives
1 - Dividing it according to its self-strength:
A – Necessities (their reality, types, enumeration, order among them, means of their preservation, and their complements)
B – Needs (its reality, its categories, its conditions, the wisdom behind its legitimacy, its examples, its supplements)
C - Enhancements (Their reality, their categories, the wisdom behind their legitimacy, their examples, their complements). .

– Divide it considering inclusion and exclusion:
A - General Objectives (Their reality, controls, and examples)
B - Specific Objectives (Their reality, their examples)
C - Specific Objectives (Their reality, controls, authority, functions, examples)
3- Divide it by considering its permanence:
A- Definitive Objectives (Their reality, methods, and examples)
B – Probable Objectives (Their reality, methods, and examples)

4. Dividing it according to its rank in intention:
A. Original objectives (their reality, classifications, and examples)
B. Secondary objectives (their reality, levels, and examples)
C - Differences between primary and secondary objectives. .
5- Its division according to the Sharia's position:
A- The objective of achieving the interests of the servants in both worlds. .
B. The purpose of understanding. .
C – The objective of the assignment under it. .
d. The purpose of the taxpayer's entry under its provisions in all circumstances and times. .

Seventh: Characteristics and Conditions of Maqasid Al-Shari'ah:
Divine nature, congruence with innate disposition, steadfastness, consistency, discipline, manifestation

Eighth: The Relationship of Objectives to Legal Evidence
1 - The relationship of Maqasid to the Quran, Sunnah, and Ijma'. .
2 – The relationship between objectives and analogy. .
3 - The relationship of objectives to general welfare (maslaha mursalah). .
4 - The relationship between objectives and favorable consideration. .
5 - The relationship between objectives and blocking the means. .

Ninth: The Relationship of Objectives to Uṣūl Principles:
1 – The relationship between objectives and Islamic legal rulings. .
The relationship between objectives and the meanings of words. .
3 – The Relationship of Objectives with Conflict and Preference. .
4 – The Relationship between Maqasid, Ijtihad, and Fatwa. .
Tenth: Intentional Rules
1 - Rules Regarding Maqasid Sections. .
2 – Rules related to facilitation and removing hardship. .
3 – Rules concerning the consequences of actions. .
4- Rules related to conflicting intentions. .

The Eleventh: The Relationship Between Objectives and Juristic Maxims. .
The Twelfth: the need of Sharia scholars for the purposes of Sharia
1 – The Interpreter. .
2 – Muhaddith .
3 – Jurist .

Thirteenth: Controls for considering objectives.
The Fourteenth: Maqasid-Based Ijtihad in Contemporary Issues
1 – Acts of Worship .
2 – Transactions .
3 - Personal Status .