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Maqasid al-shariah The basic objectives of Shari‘ah; the five main objectives are considered to be religion, life, intellect, lineage and property, others mentioned include justice, human dignity, and economic development. This doctrine stressed that the primary objective of the Shari‘ah is human welfare. The fourteenth century Spanish Maliki jurist, Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, who expounded this doctrine has been very popular in modern Islamic legal thought |