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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.
The Objectives of Islamic Law in Charity Work: a Comparative Civilisational Vision
The author draws a comparison between the concept of charitable works in the Islamic civilisation and that held by other civilisations. He sees charitable organisations in the West, while original and many in number, as lacking a philosophical outlook on the concept of ‘good’ as is the case in Islām. He explains how Muslims have been the forerunners in setting up trusts and charitable organisations which provided great support to civil society. However, with the interference of modern governments in the trust (waqf) systems in the Muslim World, setting up charity organisations in the West has become much easier than that of setting up waqf trusts in the Muslim World—a situation which has discouraged people from setting up trusts altogether. The author calls to reunite the higher objectives of the Sharīʿah with contemporary realities and put them into practice in the charity field.
Shared Knowledge
The Role of the Purposes of Islamic Law in Contemporary Legislation
Purposes of Tacit Juridical Evidence
The Public Interest in the Term of the Purposes of Islamic Law: a Functional Vision