The Socio-Intellectual Foundations of MALEK BENNABI’S APPROACH to CIVILIZATION

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Shaikh Muhammad al-Tahir Ibn Ashur is the most renowned Zaytuna Imam and one of the great Islamic scholars of the 20th century. The publication of this translation of Shaikh Ibn Ashur Treatise on Maqasid al-Shari’ah is a breakthrough in studies on Islamic law in the English language. Ibn Ashur proposes Maqasid as a methodology for the renewal of the theory of Islamic law, which has not undergone any serious develop ment since the era of the great imams. Ibn Ashur also addressed the sensitive topic of the intents/Magāşid of Prophet Muhammad behind his actions and deci sions. He introduced criteria to differentiate between the Prophetic traditions that were meant to be part of Islamic law and the Prophetic actions/sayings that were meant to be for the sake of specific purposes such as political leadership, and conflict resolution. But his most significant contribution in this book has been the development of new Maqāşid by coining new, con temporary, terminology that were never formulated in traditional us