BOOK REVIEW: SHARI’AH INTELLIGENCE: THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE

Abstract

The book was the product of a team work by selected academics and
practitioners under the auspices of Da’wah Institute of Nigeria (DIN), of
the Islamic Education Trust (IET), Minna, Nigeria. As the title indicates,
the book is a brief Introduction to the Science of Uṣūl al-Fiqh, particularly
the general theory of Maqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah (Objectives of Islamic Law). The
book is divided into eight sections, which are further subdivided into fortysix
chapters/lessons, four appendices and a glossary of terms. It has also a
foreword written by the IET President himself, Dr. Sheikh Ahmed Lemu (the
2014 King Faisal Prize-Winner for Service to Islam).