FACULTY OF LAW

(FOL)

PSL0012
INTRODUCTION TO SYARIAH LAW
Foundation in Law
ONLINE NOTES
Trimester 2, 2015/2016
Prepared by:
Hasbollah Bin Mat Saad
Lecturer
Faculty of Law
Multimedia University

MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY (436821-T)

MELAKA CAMPUS, JALAN AYER KEROH LAMA, 75450 MELAKA, MALAYSIA.
Tel 606 252 3510 Fax 606 231 8869
URL: http:// http://fbl.mmu.edu.my/

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Characteristics:
1.
Shariah is divine;
2.
Shariah is immutable;
3.
Shariah is the same as Islam
and it is complete code of
life.
4.
Shariah is the same as Law;
others say it is not.
5.
Shariah is enforceable [without
any distinction between prayer
or crimes].
6.
Shariah [Islam] provides clear
and unambiguous guidance for
life.

pp. 9-13
pp. 14-18

Islamic
Concept of
Law

Objectives of Shariah
(Maqasid As-Syariah)

Daruriyyah
(Necessities)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Hajiyyah
(Requirements)

Protection of Faith
(Din);
Protection of Life
(Nafs);
Protection
of
Posterity;
Protection
of
Property; and
Protection
of
Religion (Aql)

Meaning:

Surah An-Nahl (16): 44.

Surah Al-Anbiya (21): 105.

Surah Al-Jathiyah (45): 18.

Surah As-Syuaraa (42): 13.

Surah As-Syuaraa (42): 21.

Surah Al-Maaidah (5): 51.

Types of Hukm Shariah:
1. Wajib / Fard (Compulsory)
2. Sunnah / Nafilah (Recommended)
3. Mubah (Permissible)
4. Haram (Prohibited
5. Makruh (Dislike)

pp. 58-63

Islamic Law:
1. Revealed law
2. Permanent and unchangeable.
3. Universal.
4. Has its own ethical norms of good
and bad, right and wrong, virtue
and vice.
5. Imposes an additional sanction for
disobedience to law.
6. It is comprehensive and based on
revelation.

pp. 18-57

Tahsiniyyah
(Beautification)

Quranic descriptions on Shariah:

1. Islamic law calls human to believe in the
Oneness of Allah (subhanahu wataala);
2. Educating the Individual (Tahdhib al-Fard);
3. Justice (adl);
4. Considerations of Public Interest (Maslahah);
5. Emphasis on Syura (Consultation);
6. Freedom;
7. Equality;
8. Shariah is the guidance given by the Creator of
this universe; and
9. Reality of life in this world and hereafter.

Meaning
of
Law
pp. 1-9

pp. 64-72

Islamic Law
vs
Western Law

Differences Between Islamic Law

and Human Law

Human Law:
1. Man made law.
2. Changeable.
3. May not necessarily represent the
interest of the people in general.
4. Sometimes,
human
law
recognizes a wrongful provision
as a right thing.
5. Variations of punishments.

TEXT BOOK:
Hasbollah, MS. (2015).
The Basic Concepts of Shariah. PHR. Malaysia.