The desired goal behind the obligation of a law is referring to the maqasid syariah. It is very important to master this knowledge especially to understand and interprete the Islamic texts. The cardinal principle is generally aims to preserve the five basic necessities of human life, namely preserving the religion, life, intellect, lineage, and property. Any effort that supports these necessities is known to be maslahah, and anything that negates them is known to be mafsadah. The concept of maslahah and mafsadah has always been the main backbone for the scholars in determining the law. During the pandemic COVID-19 hit in Malaysia, various Syariah rulings (fatwas) have been issued by the authorities at the state and federal levels to protect the Muslims affairs. The rulings are issued after considering the maslahah and mafsadah to be faced by Muslims in Malaysia. This study was conducted to identify the role of maslahah and mafsadah in influencing the Syariah rulings related to COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia as well as showing how the process takes place (takyīful fiqhī). This study is qualitative in nature, using a library approach to collect primary and secondary data and then analyse it by content analysis. The results show that the principles of maslahah and mafsadah play a big role in determining the Syariah rulings in the COVID-19 pandemic situation as well as the need to set a clear standard of maslahah and mafsadah so that the rulings produced are accurate, precise and not made it on whim.

Dokumen merupakan kaedah pembuktian yang paling utama pada hari ini. penerimaan dokumen pada awalnya terhad kepada urusan tertentu, namun kini ia telah diterima dalam semua urusan sama ada berkaitan dengan urusan muamalat, perbankan, urusan nikah cerai, termasuklah dalam urusan wasiat dan hibah. Dengan perkembangan teknologi terkini, dokumen tidak hanya terhad kepada tulisan biasa bahkan ia juga dalam bentuk elektronik seperti email, WhatsApp, telegram, mesej dan seumpamanya. Persoalannya sekarang, sejauh manakah penerimaan dokumen elektronik dalam pembuktian khususnya hibah yang dilakukan oleh mereka dalam situasi mard al-mawt kerana menghidapi penyakit COVID-19. Kajian in menggunakan kaedah kualitatif dengan merujuk kepada kitab-kitab fiqh, fatwa-fatwa semasa, buku-buku perubatan moden dan juga pandangan pakar perubatan. Kaedah kualitatif ini bagi menjawab beberapa persoalan dan objektif iaitu konsep dokumen elektronik dalam pembuktian, penerimaan hibah dalam situasi maradh al-mawt bagi pesakit COVID-19 dan sejauh manakah COVID-19 mempunyai hubungan kait dengan mardh al-mawt. Di harapkan kertas ini dapat merungkaikan hukum hibah melalui dokumen elektronik bagi mereka dalam keadaan maradh al-mawt bagi COVID-19 menurut perundangan Islam.