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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH MOST GRACIOUS MOST MERCIFUL

AL – NOOR MASJID, ICICE, WUSE II, ABUJA Jumma’ah Khutbah Translation,10th Jimada Al-Akhar 1440AH, equivalent to 15th February, 2019

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THE OBJECTIVES OF ISLAMIC LAW

All praise is due to Allah. The one Who responds to those who ask Him. The one Who rewards those who strives in His cause. The one Who gives the seekers. The one Who satisfies the yearnings. The one Who rescues those who go astray. The one Who guides the followers. The Merciful to the believers. The Beneficent Who’s mercy pervades both believers and disbelievers.

I thank Him –The Most high- I turn to Him in repentance and seek for His forgiveness. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship but Him alone.  The testimony that I wish will take us to the best abode.

I also testify that (our Master) Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger. The envoy of the Islamic legislation, and the one that was send to clarify the Islamic rulings i.e. Permissible, preferable, prohibited, mandatory/obligatory and disliked, and to also make them obligatory upon us to perform them and to be committed to them.

May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him permanently, his household and his companions till the day of resurrection.

Oh servants of Allah! Fear Allah and know that the Islamic law did not neglect us, but it clarified the milestones that will illuminate our ways and guide us to that which is good for us in our religion and in our worldly life.

Let me share with you the Islamic provisions and rules of jurisprudence that will explain some aspects of the objectives of Islamic law.

*The concept of (Al-maqasid) Islamic objectives:

The term (Maqasid – Al-Sharia) refers to the general objective in which the Islamic law aims to attain in people’s life. It also refers to the special objectives that are legislated in order to achieve –with each and every one of them- some special provisions.

*Types of the objectives of Islamic law:

1) The general objective: Is attaining that which is good for the whole creation in the worldly life and the hereafter, and this can only be achieved through the general Islamic legislations and provisions.

2) The special objective: Is the target which the Islamic law aims to achieve in a particular area of life e.g. economic system, family system and political system. Etc. And that can be attained through the detailed provision of the Islamic law.

Asma’ daughter of Umays narated:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: “May I not teach you phrases which you utter in distress? (These are ???? “Allah, Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything as partner with Him.”

Abu Dawud said: The narrator Hilal is a client of ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-Aziz. The name of Ja’far, a narrator, is ‘Abd Allah b. Ja’far.

Abu-dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated:

My beloved one instructed me to do seven things: To love the needy and get close to them, to look at those who are below my level, and not look at those who are above my level, to tie up my kinship, he also instructed me not to beg anybody for anything, to always say the truth even if it is bitter, to fear no blame in the cause of Allah and he also instructed me to always say, ‘La hawla wala quwwata illa billah (There is neither might nor power but with Allah), for it is one of the treasures of Paradise.” [Ahmad]

“O `Abdullah bin Qais! Say, ‘La hawla wala quwwata illa billah (There is neither might nor power but with Allah), for it is one of the treasures of Paradise.” [Bukhary]

And these words have immense benefit in achieving hard tasks, confronting difficult situations, and withstanding people in authority.

Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith”[Muslim].

Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “Who is the most excellent among the Muslims?” He said, “One from whose tongue and hands the other Muslims are secure.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Other rules that are driven from the aims and objectives are but not limited to:

1) Bigger harm is to be replaced with smaller harm

2) If two things that are abhorred or forbidden or harmful emerged and could not be avoided the less evil among them must be taken to avoid the bigger evil.

3) The evil should be wiped out.

4) So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it.

5) And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]