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IRSYAD USUL FIQH SIRI KE-58 : MAQASID SYARIAH : ANTARA TUNTUTAN SYARAK DAN BELITAN HAWA NAFSU
What is the purpose of the Sharia in freeing people from the grip of desires according to Imam al-Shatibi?
Short answer
According to Imam al-Shatibi, one purpose of the Sharia is to bring the accountable person out from the pull of his own desires so that he becomes a servant of Allah by choice, just as he is already a servant by compulsion.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad Usul al-Fiqh
- Topic
- Legal Theory & Methodology
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
According to Imam al-Shatibi, one purpose of the Sharia is to bring the accountable person out from the pull of his own desires so that he becomes a servant of Allah by choice, just as he is already a servant by compulsion. True benefit is completed only through the rulings of the Sharia, not through human whims. His evidence consists of texts on humans being created for worship, texts that condemn following desires, and human experience that worldly and ultimate benefit is not achieved by following desires.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
المقصد الشرعي من وضع الشريعة إخراج المكلف عن داعية هواه حتى يكون عبد الله اختيارا، كما هو عبد الله اضطرارا
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD USUL FIQH SIRI KE-58 : MAQASID SYARIAH : ANTARA TUNTUTAN SYARAK DAN BELITAN HAWA NAFSU”, 1 April 2020. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-usul-fiqh/4405-irsyad-usul-fiqh-siri-ke-58-maqasid-syariah-antara-tuntutan-syarak-dan-belitan-hawa-nafsu. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/purpose-of-sharia-freeing-people-from-desires/