Maqasid Al-Shariah, or the higher goals and objectives of Islamic law, is an important and somewhat neglected theme of shariah. Generally the Shariah is predicted on the individual and that of the community and its laws are designed so as to protect these benefits and facilitate improvement and perfection of the conditions of human life on earth. This is an easy birds eye view of the subject, simplifying its main principles to help readers understand the subject of Maqasid Al-Shariah and how it explains the wisdom behind rulings.