My research topic is "Consideration of Maqasid al-Sharia'ah in Imam Mohammad Ibn Hasan al-Shaybani's Legal Thought". Maqasid al-shari'ah means the general objectives of Islamic Law that promote human welfare and public interest through commandment of common good and prohibition of harms. These are 1) protection of belief, 2) protection of life, 3) protection of intellect, 4) protection of progeny, 5) protection of property, and 6) protection of honor. Shaybani neither wrote any specific book or chapter on the maqasid al-shari'ah nor he mentioned it purposively throughout his legacy. However, it is observed throughout his legacy that he considered maqasid al-shari'ah. I am going to explore various components of theory of maqasid shari'ah that prove al-Shaybani's maqasidic thinking and its application in his legal thought. I will be focusing on one of his treatise. What research approach, data collection method and data analysis method are appropriate for my research? could any scholar help me? Please a figure/ diagram for the methodology.
since you said there hasnt been anything written, you could consider doing a field research, first identify your study sample/population, conduct interviews to gather primary data, it should be a qualitative study, then to analyze, since you will be focusing on one of his treaties, analyze using the theory that informs your study.
There is a nice outline for writing theoretical papers in the social sciences on the website for the University of Southern California Libraries at http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/theoreticalframework
Your problem seems to come from using categories usually applied to scientific research papers when you are in fact writing about something that is sociological or theological or historical. People writing on such topics are more likely to use something like the Chicago Manual of Style than a scientific style manual. The outline at USC will give you a sense of how the questions are put and answered a little differently in the traditional social sciences and humanities.
Many thanks to Mr. Kekeletso Khati, Dr. Hendrika Vande Kemp, and Dr. Uchendu E. Chigbu for your valuable inputs for a research student like me. Your comments inspire me to keep in touch with scholars and academia...
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