THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CLASSICAL ‎SCHOLARS TO THE THEORY OF MAQĀṢID AL-SHARĪ‘AH

Background and Purpose: Several classical scholars who contributed to developing the theory of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah are overlooked in contemporary studies maqāṣid. Most ‎contemporary focused on al-Juwaynī, al-Ghazālī al-Shāṭibī. However, studying a requires investigating all works that pioneered without discrimination. This could provide new insights for study paper addresses this oversight by reviewing early scholars, how much attention have paid those scholars’ contribution, suggests directions future research.
 
 Methodology: used qualitative content analysis technique identify via thorough reading history as found literature. To trace available conducted gaps literature, researchers examined catalogues, indexes, lists collected. encompassed lived between 2nd 13th centuries when philosophy al-Sharīʿah evolved. Findings: The theorisation was initiated al-ʿĀmirī‎, formalised al-Juwaynī followed crystallised al-Shāṭibī‎. Moreover, several other development even though they did not document their books. Nonetheless, most confined famous three mentioned earlier. Contributions: It is expected research gap identified pertaining may ‎serve springboard field. importantly, Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, al-Rāghib al-Aṣfahānī, Zayd al-Balakhī, Bakr al-Jaṣṣāṣ, Abul Ḥasan‎ Al-ʿĀmirī‎, al-Qāḍī ʿAbdul Jabbār al-Hamadhānī, ‘Abdullāh Muḥammad ʿAbdur Raḥmān al-Bukhārī, Ibn Khaldūn‎ al-Shawkānī offer fresh perspectives understanding al-sharīʿah. Keywords: Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah, studies, Islamic jurisprudence, gap.
 Cite as: Monawer, A. T. M., Rahman, N. A., & Abdullah, M. F. (2023). contributions ‎scholars al-Sharī‘ah. Journal Nusantara Studies, 8(2), 242-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol8iss2pp242-265