Moderatism Maslahah: Rereading the Concept of Maslahah at-Tufi and al-Buti in Answering Contemporary Issues

Abstract

The maslahah discourse is almost always faced with the problem of Islamic legal ability to answer the challenges of the Times. The ever-dynamic complexity of life demands that every jurist can make decisions that not only get the legitimacy of revelation but also with the interests of the people who move following the changing times. Al-Tufi and Al-Buti are representations of Islamic thinkers who try to offer conceptual ideas and ideas so that Islamic law does not lose its spirit as a living institution that is always relevant to be applied in all conditions and at all times. Departing from lifetime and different community problems, the two also present offer different ideas. The concept of maslahah is carried by both to be the opening thesis that in every idea that is born, there must be social settings, the discourse that develops, as well as the academic problem that is to each admirer. It also appears in the notion of the two about the maslahah, where at-Tufi appears in a thought character that tends to be liberal in the time of unborn liberalization, while al-Buti appears to represent a more moderate character at the time of liberalization the thinking is so powerful that it haunted almost every discourse of knowledge.