Social Deprivation and its Threats to Social Well-Being According to The Perspective of Maqasid

Abstract

Social deprivation is a universal phenomenon happening throughout the world. Social deprivation will affect community’s social well-being. In the life of a modern community, it is very important to ensure that the level of social well-being of the community is stable to achieve the potential of the people's social life. Through researcher’s perspective, indicators or aspects of social well-being listed by The United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD) does not emphasize the aspect of well-being in terms of religion and ukhrawi (otherworldly). This paper will discuss some of the social depravity that is happening in the society to the point of affecting the community’s social well-being. Drug abuse, free sex and prostitution, black magic, homelessness, committing suicides are among the factors that will affect the wel-being of the society. Many factors are causing social deprivation in society, internal or external factors such as the negative influences of mass media, lack of religious and moral education among society members, irresponsible family members, poverty, sexual promiscuity as well as individualistic society. Social well-being needs to be nurtured and defended from things that can be disruptive such as the issue of social deprivation. Social well-being is closely related to the maqasid syariah where the elements of well-being can be adapted into five (5) elements of maqasid namely the protection of faith or religion, life, intellect, lineage, and property. We will achieve a high level of community’s social well-being if we can create a positive and conducive environment. Hence, all the following elements such as; education, the formation of the environment, and effective policies and law enforcement must be included to solve social deprivation.