Maqasid Al-Syari’ah Mazhab Syafi’i dan Urgensinya dalam Ijtihad Kontemporer

This paper is intended to find aspect of maqasid al-syari’ah in the Mazhab Syafi`i and urgency of the maqasid al-syari’ah of Mazhab Syafi`i in the Ijtihad of contemporary Islamic legal. This paper is a literature study, and is a descriptive - analytical study. The study in this paper shows that the aspect of maqasid al-syari’ah 'in the Mazhab Syafi'i is: Imam Shafi'i uses qiyas, Al-Juwaini contributes to the division of al-maslahah al-daruriyyah, al-hajiyyah, and al-tah si niyyah, then additional explanation of Al-Ghazali about al-daruriyyah al-khams which became basic footing in establishing Islamic law. maqasid al-syari’ah 'in the Mazhab Syafi'i as a foundation for ijtihad is used when a new event occurs that has no legal decision at all in the past and there needs to be legal certainty, or there has been a decision but it needs re-ijtihad because it is not appropriate with the current conditions, or ijtihad is re-done because there are different aspects of benefit so it needs a new law that is different from the previous la