The Higher Objectives of the Islamic Divine Law
Abstract
Why did Allah (the Exalted) send a Divine Law? Muslim scholars of jurisprudence expressed different ideas in this respect. Some said that Allah revealed such a legislative system in order to attain Justice. Other jurists pointed out that it aims at achieving happiness. And still some others, especially al-Ghazali, underlined the fact that it is only for the achievement and the realization of the very benefits of man on earth. A closer look at these three approaches to Shari'ah shows that they complement each other: happiness of mankind cannot be achieved at large without justice, and justice is one of the essential benefits and interest of people on earth. This paper tries to understand this matter in the light of Ghazzali's and Shatibî's approaches and examines the higher objectives of the divine Islamic law such as the preservation of divine religion, the self, the mind, honor-lineage and wealth.
Keywords
Islam, Divine Law, Preservation of Mind, Preservation of Life
Authors
PhD Candidate Atakan Derelioğlu
Hena e Plote Beder University
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