Importance & Purpose of Fiqh

• Fiqh bridges divine guidance with human circumstances — it helps Muslims know how to implement Allah’s commands in worship (ʿibādāt), social dealings (muʿāmalāt), family life, economics, and more.
• It helps resolve new questions that the early scholars may not have explicitly addressed, by applying principles from the Qurʾān, Sunnah, consensus (ijmāʿ), analogy (qiyās), and other methodological tools.
• Through fiqh, Muslims learn to avoid extremes, adapt rulings wisely to different times and places, and preserve the spirit of the law.

The Quran, which was revealed fourteen centuries ago, mentioned facts only recently discovered or proven by scientists. This proves without doubt that the Quran must be the literal word of God, revealed by Him to the Prophet Muhammad , and that the Quran was not authored by Muhammad or by any other human being. This also proves that Muhammad is truly a prophet sent by God. It is beyond reason that anyone fourteen hundred years ago would have known these facts discovered or proven only recently with advanced equipment and sophisticated scientific methods. Some examples follow.