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Al-qawaid al-fiqhiyyah or legal maxims of Islamic Law play an important role in constructing Islamic legal thought. They are applied in deducing numerous fiqh rules as they embody many of Islamic Law principles and values. The normative legal maxims which also known as al-qawaid al-khams al-kubra or the five major universal maxims include, (1) al-u