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Our Publications’ databank / collection

‘Our Publications’ collection is a bibliographic database of the Foundation's own publications. These works are the outcome of prominent research projects and events carried out by the three centres of the Foundation, i.e. the ‘Manuscripts Centre’, the ‘Mawsoa Centre’ and the ‘Maqasid Centre’.

This collection was added to the ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ to enrich the user research experience. The collection is continuously updated, and currently contains over 200 works in over 400 volumes. These cover both introductory and advanced topics discussed and presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic written heritage.

It also includes many popular and heavily cited publications, as well as award winning works, such as the critical edition of al-Isfizāri’s book which deals with the field of mechanics, known as “the sciences of weights and mechanical devices” (‘Ilmay al-Athqāl wal-Ḥiyal). Other popular items include works by the late famous scholar Annemarie Schimmel, such as The Secrets of Creative Love (1998) and Islam and the Wonders of Creation(2003); and many other highly demanded references, including the unique Encyclopaedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah.

Studies in the Philosophy of Islamic Law: Theory and Applications (Research articles)

Compiled by Various Contributors, Edited by Mohamed S. El-Awa
2006
Arabic
Studies
1
9781905650033*
Book
Paperback
1
538
0.772 kg
Mohamed Salim El-Awa (Editor)
Various Contributors (Other)
*Original ISBN 1905650019 previously printed in the book is not valid. Please refer to the new ISBN.

This book contains the papers that were presented at the foundational seminar of the Centre for the Study of the Philosophy of Islamic Law. The first part includes studies on the Sharīʿah objectives, the beginnings of this science, its development and its future directions, as well as a comparative study between the jurisprudence of maqāṣid and that of the texts, and between universal maqāṣid and specific scripts. It includes also a comparison between uṣūl and fiqh rules and their relationship with maqāṣid. Furthermore, papers in this book looked at the “purposes” and “causes” of the Islamic rulings as well as the maqāṣid in the Shiʿah school of thought: dilemma of terminology and scholasticism. The second part of the book addresses various applications in the Islamic jurisprudence such as activating maqāṣid paradigm in political and social fields, as well as in the field of endowments (awqāf).