 Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah: Are We Measuring the Immeasurable?Rafi Amir-ud-Din ()
Chapter Chapter 2 in Towards a Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah Index of Socio-Economic Development, 2019, pp 21-53 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Islam takes a broad and encompassing view of human development and asserts the centrality of achieving the Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah in all human activities. The existing development indices do not completely conform to the normative judgments of Islam regarding the concept of development especially because of their disproportionate emphasis on the material aspect of the development and their disregard for the dimensions which are crucial for the world hereafter. This highlights the need for an index which accommodates the dimensions which are consistent with Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah. This paper seeks to explore the conception of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah as a measurable concept, identifies the indicators relevant to these Maqāṣid and develops a tentative multidimensional index which makes a cross-country comparison within the OIC region. Keywords: Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah; Human Development Index; Human well-being; Multidimensional indices; D6; I3; O11; B5; H47; N5 (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:psibcp:978-3-030-12793-0_2 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12793-0_2 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance and Economics from Palgrave Macmillan |
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