Week 3: Maqasid Shariah

 

Assalamualaikum wbt,

This week we learn about maqasid shariah and sustainability. We have been introduced to five wisdom of Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan and also four pillars of education.

1. Maqasid shariah means It refers to the objectives or intended meanings prescribed by the Shariah that must be pursued and achieved. The maqasid al-shariah have existed and been applied since the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his companions. The five necessities of human existence, or we can say maqasid khamsah, are faith, life, intellect, lineage, and wealth.

2. The concept of 5Ps and maqasid shariah has a commonality. 

Life=Peace

Intellect=People

Wealth=Prosperity

Lineage=Planet

Faith=Partnership

3. Spirituality as a foundation for sustainability. The character of a Muslim is that he performs all good deeds economically, ethically, and environmentally for one mission, which is gaining the pleasure of Allah.

4. we also see other religions and what the focusing concept of sustainability. For example:

-Buddhism and environment. confucianism contains profound ethics through its inclusiveness of heaven, earth, and man. Their thinkers characteristically regard nature as holistic, all things in nature depending on each other and forming an organic whole.