A presentation about the book, Maqasid al Shariah : As Philosophy of Islamic Law – Jasser Auda: the experience with its translations, the objectives of the book: reconstructing Usul via maqasid, updating Usul with contemporary philosophy, blurring the line between law/fiqh and thought/fikr, and proposing a systems approach to maqasid as a methodology of renewal in Islamic studies.
