The book “The Maqasid (Objectives) According to Imam al-Shatibi” has recently been published, authored by Ustadh Mahmoud Abdel Hadi Faour. Al-Waie Magazine offers its readers an introduction to this book, which it finds to be a serious, profound, and disciplined research into the usool of fiqh (foundations of jurisprudence).

Islam has affirmed the presence of the vital energy within human beings. It is the vital energy that drives them to act, and carry out the deeds they perform in their lives. Based on its existence, Islam has established the systems and treatments that the vital energy demands. It has confirmed the existence of the innate instinct of religiosity in humans.

The financial and economic system reflects the philosophy of the state, which is the ideology in which the state believes. The world has known two main ideologies, capitalism and socialism....

Abu Ubaidah Aamir ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Jarrah Al-Fihri Al-Qurashi (40 Before Hijra/584 CE to 18 After Hijrah/639 CE) was a Companion (ra) of the Prophet (saw), a Muslim commander, and one of the ten Companions (ra) who were given glad tidings of Paradise. He was among the first to embrace Islam. The Messenger of Allah (saw) gave him the title “The Trustworthy of this Ummah,”