Dr. Ḥamzah ʿAdnān Mashūqah
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Although Imām al-Shāfiʿī closed the door to istiḥsān in his madhhab, he did not explicitly state a clear position regarding al-maṣāliḥ al-mursalah.
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Know that the transmission of the Iraqi scholars of our school regarding al-Shāfiʿī’s texts, the principles of his madhhab, and the views of the early authorities is generally more precise and reliable
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The science of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah is among the disciplines that developed later than other Islamic sciences, such as tafsīr, ḥadīth, fiqh, and uṣūl al-fiqh.
