Treasury of Sacred Maxims

Dr Shahrul Hussain is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Markfield Institute of Higher Education, UK. He studied classical Islamic studies and Arabic at a specialist Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Al-Islamiyah Al-Arabiyah College, Birmingham. After graduating from Darul Uloom he won a scholarship to study at the pre-eminent University of Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt, and graduated from the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and Law in 2001. In 2010 he completed his PhD at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

• INTRODUCTION; PART ONE Acts are judged by their goals and purposes; PART TWO Harm must be eliminated; PART THREE Customary usage is the determining factor; PART FOUR Certainty is not overruled by doubt; FURTHER READING

"A Treasury of Sacred Maxims did not disappoint; in fact it added to a key under represented area of fiqh. A deceptively succinct text that covers forty legal Maxims but goes beyond a mere introduction. One would expect a legal discussion, however Dr. Shahrul Hussain has added a moral aspect to each legal maxim. An excellent text which can be memorised alongside a primer fiqh text in any Islamic studies curriculum.”— Mufti Amjad M Mohammed“This inspiring collection... will help deepen the understanding of key aspects of Shariah in its legal and ethical dimensions.”— Islamic Voice“A little book with loads of wisdom.”— Islamic Voice