Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent of the contribution of the current Islamic financial system to society in terms of social responsibility (SR) required by the concept of social maslahah. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a critical analytic approach...

Purpose – With the advent of Islamic banking, a new species was added to the banking system which was then, only dominated by the conventional banking. Islamic banking expanded in the world within the last decade and as a result, Islamic finance emerged as an alternative to the conventional...

Purpose There is almost a consensus amongst Muslim scholars that the most crucial problem faced by the Muslim world is in the prevailing ideas (including sanctification, archaism, the common paradigm, the absence of the role of the intellectual, etc.) which formulate people’s thoughts and...

Purpose – This paper aims to study the problems faced by microfinance institutions (MFIs) and relates it with Al-Tawhid to see the solutions. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory method was used to examine various literature that discuss MFIs, the challenge issues growing in tandem...

Purpose This paper aims to discuss the opinions of current Shariah scholars on the concept of debt money in the present-day fiat money system. Design/methodology/approach Research design of this paper is a quantitative investigation of Shariah experts by distributing a questionnaire to them. As...

Purpose This paper aims to identify the appropriate model to address the financial challenges in agricultural sector in Zanzibar. Since the middle of 1960, clove production has continually and significantly decreased because of some problems and challenges that include financial ones. The...

Purpose This paper aims to re-evaluate and thus recommends possible ways in improving the current practice of hibah trust in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This study conducts a thorough and critical review on relevant literature on Islamic wealth management and estate distribution....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the controversial issue of whether stock returns and idiosyncratic risks are related positively or negatively in case of Singaporean ethically poor screened stocks. Design/methodology/approach – To achieve the major objectives of this...

Purpose This paper aims to provide analysis on the state of Islamic finance through critical appraisal on its current form and practices. This paper argues that the current form of Islamic finance practices is due to its legalistic approach and hence requires value-oriented reform. In this...

Purpose This paper aims to discuss the topic of financial speculation with special reference to forex and offers an analysis from the Maqasid Al-Shari ’ ah perspective, whereby authors propose to limit the outreach of speculative instruments in the financial markets....