Revisiting Medinah Charter: Towards the Realization of Maqasid Al-Shariah for Contemporary Plural Societies

Khalil Ahmad & Muneer Kuttiyani Muhammad

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Revisiting Medinah Charter: Towards the Realization of Maqasid Al-Shariah for Contemporary Plural Societies

Authors:

Khalil Ahmad & Muneer Kuttiyani Muhammad

Publisher:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Journal:

International Journal of Islamic Thought Vol.27 Issue 1, pp.104-120

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001948436

pISSN:

2232-1314

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Abstract:

 The Medinah Charter has been studied from various perspectives. Most discourses on the Medinah Charter revolve around the political dimension. However, the Prophetic actions of the Medinah Charter need to be analyzed in the light of the Maqasid al-Shariah. This paper aims to explore the Medinah Charter from a Maqasid perspective taking into consideration its socio-religious structure. For this purpose, this research identifies some important Maqasid underlying the Medinah Charter and the Prophetic approach toward the people of other faiths. This study argues that the Medinah Charter and the measures taken by the Prophet Muhammad were potential means for materializing universal higher objectives of the Shariah. Based on descriptive and analytical methods, this study sheds light on some universal higher objectives of the Shariah in the Charter such as freedom of faith, peaceful co-existence, and social integrity. All these social objectives were preserved in Medinan society at a collective level. By analyzing those universal objectives, this paper establishes their relevance to fostering peaceful co-existence, freedom of faith, and social integrity between different ethnic-religious communities of the modern world, especially in Muslim minority societies.

Article Details

Revisiting Medinah Charter: Towards the Realization of Maqasid Al-Shariah for Contemporary Plural Societies

Authors:

Khalil Ahmad & Muneer Kuttiyani Muhammad

Publisher:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Journal:

International Journal of Islamic Thought Vol.27 Issue 1, pp.104-120

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001948436

pISSN:

2232-1314

Maqasid al-Shari’ah

Medinah Charter

Muslim minority

peaceful co-existence

religious freedom

social integrity

Issues

Article Details

Revisiting Medinah Charter: Towards the Realization of Maqasid Al-Shariah for Contemporary Plural Societies

Authors: Khalil Ahmad & Muneer Kuttiyani Muhammad

Publisher: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Journal: International Journal of Islamic Thought Vol.27 Issue 1, pp.104-120

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2025

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001948436

pISSN: 2232-1314

Maqasid al-Shari’ah

Medinah Charter

Muslim minority

peaceful co-existence

religious freedom

social integrity

Issues

Authors:

Khalil Ahmad & Muneer Kuttiyani Muhammad

Publisher:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Journal:

International Journal of Islamic Thought Vol.27 Issue 1, pp.104-120

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001948436

pISSN:

2232-1314