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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.
Objectives of Islamic law in Light of the Noble Prophetic Sunnah: Methodology of Understanding the Sunnah and its Objectives
Within this book, the reader will find refereed papers relating to the proceedings of the first training course on the topic “Objectives (Maqāṣid) of Islamic Law in the Light of the Noble Prophetic Sunnah: Methodology of Understanding the Sunnah and its Objectives”, which was organised from 2nd to 4th May 2018, in Meknes, Kingdom of Morocco. Undoubtedly, the objectives of the Noble Qur’ān and Prophetic tradition (Sunnah) represent the totality, as well as the source and substance of all the Islamic law objectives. Therefore, the search for, and research into the Noble Qur’ān and Prophetic tradition must be the defining start and end of every researcher and pursuer of Islamic law objectives. One of the purposes of this training course is to empower Muslims, whether laypersons or scholars, to achieve to the furthermost extents in harnessing the Sunnah and its treasures, scientifically and practically, in the diverse spheres of life. This training course addressed a number of methodological principles and rules that are necessary for sound understanding, wise derivation and application of objectives, and balanced utilisation of the Prophetic tradition. The refereed papers addressed different aspects of the training course topic, and revolved around: “Objectives-based Sunnah (al-sunnah al-maqāṣidiyyah)”; ”The dialectic of the relationship between Noble Qur’ān and Prophetic tradition, in light of the higher objectives of the Prophetic Sunnah”; “Ranks of Prophetic acts (al-ṭaṣarufāt al-nabawiyyah)”; “Objectives-based reasoning (al-nażar al-maqāṣidī), its rules and effect in establishing the Ḥadīth narration and its interpretation”; “Prioritising actions (al-‘amal) over Prophetic tradition: an objectives-based perspective”; “The cases relating to individuals (al-a‘yān): indications, attributes, and objectives”; “The objective of custom in the Sunnah of the best of mankind”; “Application (al-tanzīl) as an objective of the Prophetic Sunnah”; “The dialectic of jurisprudence and Prophetic tradition, and its influence on comprehending the objectives of the Prophetic Sunnah”; and “Applying the Islamic law universals to understanding the Prophetic Sunnah”.
Shared Knowledge
Objectives of the Noble Qurʾān (3): Research Articles
The Objectives of Sharīʿah and the International Conventions (Research articles)
Purposes of the Islamic Law and Contemporary Issues (Research articles)