In the vast ocean of Islamic scholarship, few texts have achieved the iconic status of Al Maqasid by the revered Imam Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (Imam Nawawi). For centuries, this manual has served as a foundational gateway for students of Shafi’i fiqh (jurisprudence) and a concise reference for every Muslim seeking to understand the pillars of their faith.
If you cannot print it, use a PDF annotator (like Adobe Acrobat or Foxit) to add digital notes. Imam Nawawi famously said, "The world is accursed and everything in it is accursed, except the remembrance of Allah and what is akin to it." The search for authentic knowledge is the highest form of remembrance. imam nawawi al maqasid pdf
His legacy includes masterpieces like Riyadh as-Salihin (The Gardens of the Righteous), Sharh Sahih Muslim , and his monumental Al-Majmu' , an encyclopedic commentary on fiqh. However, Al Maqasid stands out as his most precise distillation of obligatory knowledge. The full title of the book is Al-Maqasid fi Bayan ma Yajibu ma'rifatuhu min al-Din — "The Purposes (or Fundamentals) Explaining What Must Be Known of the Religion." In the vast ocean of Islamic scholarship, few