Darulfunun Institute

Institute for Development, Research and Initiatives (IDRIS)

Tag: Islamic moral ethics

  • Shariah Compliance Business Institutions (SCBI): A Research Agenda for the Real Sector

    » Journal of Regional Development and Technology Initiatives

    Shariah compliance has become a central theme in Islamic economic research, particularly through the development of Islamic financial institutions. Over the past four decades, extensive scholarly attention has been devoted to shariah governance, auditing, regulatory frameworks, and compliance mechanisms in Islamic banking, takaful, sukuk, and other financial services. While these contributions have significantly advanced the institutionalisation of shariah within the financial sector, they have also narrowed the conceptual scope of shariah compliance by predominantly associating it with financial institutions and procedural conformity. This contrasts with the rapid expansion of the Islamic economy into the real sector, including manufacturing, healthcare, education, logistics, agriculture, retail, digital enterprises, and small and medium-sized enterprises, where the concept of institution-wide shariah compliance remains theoretically underdeveloped. This conceptual paper argues that the next frontier of shariah compliance research lies beyond Islamic finance and requires the establishment of Shariah Compliance Business Institutions (SCBI) as a distinct research domain. Rather than viewing shariah compliance merely as certification, regulatory conformity, or periodic audit outcomes, the paper reconceptualises it as an organisational phenomenon through which shariah principles become institutionalised within governance, strategic decision-making, operations, organisational behaviour, and stakeholder relationships. This perspective shifts the unit of analysis from financial transactions and financial institutions to business organisations operating across the real sector. Drawing upon a narrative review and conceptual synthesis of the literature, the paper identifies the limitations of existing research, defines the concept of SCBI, and proposes a research agenda encompassing conceptualisation, theoretical development, institutionalisation, measurement, implementation, and organisational outcomes. Rather than presenting a completed theory, this paper establishes the intellectual foundation for SCBI as an emerging field of inquiry and provides a platform for future theoretical and empirical research within Islamic business, management, and organisational studies.

  • The Political Dimension of Prophethood on Civilizing the Moral Ethics, Justice, and Class Reform

    » Perwakilan: Journal of Good Governance, Diplomacy, Customary Institutionalization and Social Networks

    This paper highlights the political dimension of Muhammad’s Prophethood as a comprehensive civilizational project aimed at improving moral ethics, justice, and class reform in the framework of society leadership and governance. Using a conceptual–narrative approach that draws from classical Islamic historiography (Sirah Nabawiyah) and modern interpretive context, the study situates the Prophet’s mission as both a spiritual awakening and a political transformation grounded in tauhid (divine unity). The research argues that the Prophet redefined politics as an ethical mission, transforming it from an arena of domination into a means of cultivating justice and moral consciousness. The Meccan phase illustrates moral resistance and class awakening, where faith became a force of ethical protest against social oppression. The Hijrah to Medina marked a transition from moral resistance to institutional civilization, establishing the Charter of Medina as one of the earliest constitutional models of pluralistic justice. Within the Madinan foundation, the Prophet institutionalized justice, social economy instruments of moral ethics governance, creating a balance between spirituality, law, and civic duty. The study concludes that Prophet Muhammad’s leadership civilized politics by linking power to moral purpose and embedding ethics in governance, economy, and society. His vision of a madani (civilized) community presents an enduring model of ethical statecraft where human dignity, equality, and compassion guide public order. This synthesis of faith and justice demonstrates that the foundation of Islamic civilization is moral ethics based, not material, anchored in the pursuit of righteousness, social welfare, and universal peace.