Islam continues to be a misunderstood religion especially to non-Muslims. Many of its directives remain a subject of hot debate, and continue to be a thorn in the minds of Muslim scholars. One of them is related to the Qurʼanic provision derived from the Quranic Ayah on wife beating, al-Nisāʼ 4: 34 that allows Muslim men to take action in dealing with their wives (women) whom they feared had committed disobedience, disloyalty and ill-conduct (nushuz); first, admonish them; second, if they remain disobedient and behave with ill-conduct, separate them from the beds; and third, if they refuse to amend their behaviour and are determined to demonstrate their disobedience and disloyalty, then subsequently the husbands may, therefore, beat them lightly (waaḍribuhunna). The first two steps of the action are reasonable and justified but the last one according to feminists and liberal Muslim authors, needs urgent reinterpretation because it looks like an incitement of violence against women. This research thus examines the wife beating phenomenon, particularly the one that occurs in Malaysia. It is then followed by analyzing the interpretations of selected classical and modern scholars in order to evaluate the differences between these two generations.
Islam continues to be a misunderstood religion especially to non-Muslims.
The Report was prepared by Shaikh Muhammad Abu Zahrab, Shaikh 'Abd al-
Wahhab Khallaf of the Faculty of the Shari'ah at the University of Cairo, and
Shaikh 'Abd al-Rahman Hasan of al-Azhar University. In this Report, to which
frequent reference would be made, the view is held that Zakat would now be due
on all kinds of property not known in the early days of Islam. Such things as
industrial machinery, bank notes, profits of professions and trades would now be
subject to Zakat.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is considered as one of the important concepts that the corporations need to practice, it from the conventional and Shari'ah perspective. Thus, this research analyses the concept of CSR from both perspectives in detail. It also evaluates the implementation and application of CSR in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia with special reference to the practice of CSR by Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB) and Al-Rajhi Bank of Saudi Arabia (Al-Rajhi) accordingly. The research is carried out with the objective to examine and compare the practice of CSR in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia especially on what has been done by BIMB and Al-Rajhi. It is also aimed to propose some recommendations for the improvement of CSR practice in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia in general and BIMB and Al-Rajhi in particular. In order to achieve such objective and aim, the research relies on the published materials such as journals, books, newspapers, government documents, periodicals and magazines, and the semi-structures interviews conducted on various relevant personals of BIMB and Al-Rajhi. From the data collected, the research finds that there are various similarities and differences on conventional and Shari'ah concept of CSR. Not only that there are also similarities and differences on implementations and practices of CSR in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, and by BIMB and Al-Rajhi. To improve the implementations and practices of CSR in both countries and institutions, the research has recommended that the practice of CSR should be legally binding in both countries and a proper regulatory framework of CSR be enacted.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is considered as one of the important concepts that the corporations need to practice, it from the conventional and Shari‘ah perspective.
