The relationship between the maqasid (higher purposes of shari'ah)approach and siyar (foreign policy of the Islamic state)

• Main Author: Ra'ees, Wahabuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IUR Press 2010
• Subjects: JA Political science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/15790/1/Journal_Article_-_The_Relationship_between_the_Maqasidic_Approach_and_Siyar.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/15790/; http://www.jriss.nl/back-volumes.html
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Classical jurists have rigorously studied siyar (the foreign policy of the Islamic state) describing the nature of the principles and norms that influenced the formulation of siyar. On the basis of these principles and norms, the jurists formulated rulings to describe the nature of the relationship...