Abstract
In this paper, our purpose is to evaluate religious and socioeconomic implication of Islamic insurance to the society. Islamic insurance i.e. takaful is a form of protection and wealth preservation method based on the principles of mutual cooperation, encompassing the elements of Shari’ah compliancy such as prohibitions of riba (interest/usury), gharar (uncertainty) and maysir (gambling), while upholding the virtue of mudharabah (profit sharing), wakalah (trusted agency), tabarru’ (donation/charity) and ta’awun (cooperation). Recently, there are numerous literatures on religious and socioeconomic realms with regards to takaful industry due to the financial product being widely accepted in the modern day. In addition, contemporary scholars made various efforts to study the legality and feasibility of takaful as an alternative to the conventional insurance. Within the legality and feasibility of takaful, it is essential to recognize its implications to the society. As such, this paper reviews the implications of takaful products within the context of religious duty and spiritual fulfilment, at the same time towards the socioeconomic attainment. The finding of this paper embodies that takaful industry indeed substantially influence the religious and socioeconomic behavior, hence influence the society in making decision with regards to protection of their life, family as well as preservation of their wealth. Besides, this paper outlines the benefits and pitfalls of takaful which open the door for improvement. Nonetheless, this paper limits itself to the implications in general context, hence it provides space for a more focused setting in the near future. On the other hand, as this paper is evaluative in nature, review process is done via analysis of the current literature from academic papers, journals and books obtained via library and online research databases.
Highlights
Islamic insurance or takaful is the idea of collaboration, fraternity and solidarity of the individuals from the general public who intentionally consent to contribute cash to help a shared objective of giving common monetary guide to others under specific terms and conditions (Mortuza, 2006; Tiwari, Shahbaz & Hye 2013)
We review the existing literatures on the principles, mechanisms and current trends of takaful industry, as well as examine the conceptual basis for the spiritual, religious and socioeconomic attainment
Takaful has become an attractive alternative to conventional insurance as a mechanism to mitigate risk, but at the same time it adheres to religious principle
Summary
Islamic insurance or takaful is the idea of collaboration, fraternity and solidarity of the individuals from the general public who intentionally consent to contribute cash to help a shared objective of giving common monetary guide to others under specific terms and conditions (Mortuza, 2006; Tiwari, Shahbaz & Hye 2013). The application of takaful as financial product will lead to achievement of the Maqasid al-Shari’ah and significantly contribute religious, social and economic wellbeing. This paper presents the selected literatures and implications of takaful with regards to religious and spiritual, social and economic enhancement. The review of literatures shall be explaining three areas, beginning with review on the takaful itself as Islamic insurance financial product, the concept of religious/spiritual attainment, and the concept of socioeconomic attainments. This will be followed by a short description on research methodology. The conclusion shall summarize the main points and reiterate the important one
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