The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment

This paper deciphers the application of the philosophy of the Maqasid al-shari’ah (Objectives of Islamic Law) in the built environment. Being seen as a result of human minds and acts towards the environment for the purpose of human needs, wants and values, the built environment is very much relate...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila, Abdullah, Alias, Md. Dali, Norimah, Khazani, Nur Amilin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Journal of Built Environment, Technology and Engineering (JBETE) 2017
Subjects:	NA Architecture NA1 General
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spelling	iium-533002018-03-01T02:03:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53300/ The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila Abdullah, Alias Md. Dali, Norimah Khazani, Nur Amilin NA Architecture NA1 General This paper deciphers the application of the philosophy of the Maqasid al-shari’ah (Objectives of Islamic Law) in the built environment. Being seen as a result of human minds and acts towards the environment for the purpose of human needs, wants and values, the built environment is very much related to the Islamic theory of man as vicegerent (khalifah) on earth. Here lies the interconnectedness between the built environment and the Maqasid al-shari’ah. In this regard, the terms Islam and Maqasid al-shari’ah play the same role in the sense that they set a way of life for mankind with the principles of the Qur’an and Sunnah. Human reactions in their daily life basically react upon these elements. Definitely, human wellbeing or maslahah (public interests) for mankind is the ultimate aim of the shari’ah. Thus this paper attempts to assimilate the philosophy of the Maqasid al-shari’ah with the built environment’s profession towards the realization of their role as khalifah. Ultimately, this will pave for better human interaction with the environment resulting in utmost quality of the built environment for human life. Journal of Built Environment, Technology and Engineering (JBETE) 2017-03 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53300/1/53300_The%20philosophy%20of%20maqasid%20al-shari%E2%80%99ah.pdf Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila and Abdullah, Alias and Md. Dali, Norimah and Khazani, Nur Amilin (2017) The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment. Journal of Built Environment, Technology and Engineering (JBETE), 2. pp. 215-222. ISSN 0128-1003 http://www.jbete.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JBETE2_115.pdf
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description	This paper deciphers the application of the philosophy of the Maqasid al-shari’ah (Objectives of Islamic Law) in the built environment. Being seen as a result of human minds and acts towards the environment for the purpose of human needs, wants and values, the built environment is very much related to the Islamic theory of man as vicegerent (khalifah) on earth. Here lies the interconnectedness between the built environment and the Maqasid al-shari’ah. In this regard, the terms Islam and Maqasid al-shari’ah play the same role in the sense that they set a way of life for mankind with the principles of the Qur’an and Sunnah. Human reactions in their daily life basically react upon these elements. Definitely, human wellbeing or maslahah (public interests) for mankind is the ultimate aim of the shari’ah. Thus this paper attempts to assimilate the philosophy of the Maqasid al-shari’ah with the built environment’s profession towards the realization of their role as khalifah. Ultimately, this will pave for better human interaction with the environment resulting in utmost quality of the built environment for human life.
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author	Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila Abdullah, Alias Md. Dali, Norimah Khazani, Nur Amilin
author_facet	Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila Abdullah, Alias Md. Dali, Norimah Khazani, Nur Amilin
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title	The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment
title_short	The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment
title_full	The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment
title_fullStr	The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment
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title_sort	philosophy of maqasid al-shari’ah and its application in the built environment
publisher	Journal of Built Environment, Technology and Engineering (JBETE)
publishDate	2017
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The philosophy of Maqasid al-Shari’ah and its application in the built environment

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