AL-MASHLAHAH AL-MURSALAH DAN PERMASALAHANNYA

Mashlahah in the Islamic law has been discussed into two functions, they are as the legal purpose (maqashid al-syari’ah) and as independent of legal source (adillat al- syari’ah). As a legal purpose, mashlahah has classified its sec- tors and priorities scale. As independent of legal source, however, it has been controversial between ushul fiqh priests. This article explains the roots of the problem and it con- cluded that those pros and cons parties in justifying the use of mashlahah have found an agreement, in which both of them do not reject mashlahah entirely as long as the mashlahah is truly desired by Islamic law. It is not based on on passion and reason only. At last this controversy resulted conclussion that there is no substantial difference in using mashlahah methode as they based on the mujtahid intent