The article below traces how Islamic law anticipates occurring of contemporer
problematics according to Ghazaliâs Maslahah Mursalah thought. According
al-Ghazali, Maslahah Mursalah can be made as an argument for Islamic law
determining if it fulfils many requirements: maslahat is suitable with syaraâ,
maslahat is not contrary with al-Qurâan, as-Sunnah, and ijma, and maslahat is
existing in daruriyat level or hajiyat that in same level with daruriyat.
Maslahah mursalah is not independent dalil that stand alone from al-Qurâan, asSunnah, and Ijmaâ, but it is one of Islamic law istimbat methode. In other word,
maslahah mursalah is not resource of Islamic law but methode of Islamic law
discovering.
Assembling of maslahah mursalah as dalil for Islamic law determining, it makes
many moslems contemporer problematics can be known and determined although
their law status not mentioned in al-Qurâan and as-Sunnah. So, maslahah mursalah
assembling makes Islamic law always appropriate whenever and wherever.
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