The Secular Emperor Babar-A Victim of Indian Partition

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The publication of the English translation of Shaikh Ibn Ashur Treatise on Maqasid al-Shariah is a breakthrough in studies on Islamic law in the English language. In this book, Ibn Ashur proposed Maqasid as a methodology for the renewal of the theory of the Islamic law, which has not undergone any serious development since the era of the great imams. Ibn Ashur – quite courageously – also addressed the sensitive topic of the intents/Magasid of Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) behind his actions and decisions. He introduced criteria to differentiate between the Prophetic traditions that were meant to be part of the Islamic law and the Prophetic actions/sayings that were meant to be for the sake of specific purposes such as political leadership, court judgment, friendly advice, conflict resolution, etc. But Ibn Ashur most significant contribution in this book has been the development of new Maqasid by coining new (contemporary) terminology that were never formulated in traditional us