THE ONTOLOGY OF THE MAQĀṢID

Abstract

Maqāṣid al-syarī'ah will always be controversial if the study of its ontology is not complete. On the one hand, maqāṣid is God's 'intention' there is inaccessible to humans, so it cannot be known. On the other hand, maqāṣid is the benefit (maṣlaḥat) 'aimed to' by the Shari'a, and it is abstracted in the Qoranic legal verses. The problem is, what is the maqāṣid ontology so that it can be known and there is a way to find out objectively? For this reason, this study uses philosophy as an approach and method. As a result, this study concluded that the nature of maqāṣid as the 'intention' of the Shari'a is the goals (maṣlaḥat) contained in the Islamic legal system. The ontology of maṣlaḥat as the 'goal' by the Shari'a is concepts in the form of ethical or pragmatic values. Finally, this article concluded that the maqāṣid ontology is the axiological values ​​'aimed to' by Shari'a. The axiological values must be used as the goal by humans so that their lives are in accord with Shari'a.