Vol 1 No 1 (2024): December Edition

Background: Sustainable economic development in Islamic economics requires an approach that goes beyond economic growth, financial accumulation, and formal Shariah compliance. Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah provides a normative foundation for integrating maṣlaḥah, justice, social welfare, responsible wealth management, ethical governance, and environmental sustainability.

Methods: This study employs a qualitative normative-conceptual research design based on doctrinal and literature analysis. Classical Islamic legal thought is examined alongside contemporary scholarship on Islamic economics, Islamic finance, Islamic social finance, Shariah governance, ESG, financial innovation, ethical behaviour, and environmental sustainability.

Results: The findings demonstrate that maṣlaḥah, justice, social welfare, and ḥifẓ al-māl constitute the normative foundations of sustainable economic development. These principles can be operationalized through Islamic social finance, Shariah governance, accountability, ESG mechanisms, risk management, and sustainable financial innovation. However, formal Shariah compliance does not necessarily guarantee substantive sustainability outcomes.

Discussion: Sustainable Islamic economic development requires the integration of normative principles with institutional mechanisms and measurable performance. Governance, disclosure, ESG accountability, social finance, financial innovation, and risk management function as mechanisms for translating maqāṣid into institutional practice. Sustainability should therefore be assessed through economic inclusion, social resilience, responsible wealth creation, financial stability, environmental responsibility, and institutional accountability.

Conclusion: Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah can function as an overarching evaluative framework for sustainable Sharia economic development by connecting Islamic normative objectives with substantive economic, social, financial, and environmental outcomes.

Novelty: This study develops an integrated analytical sequence—normative principle → institutional mechanism → measurable outcome—that connects classical Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah with contemporary sustainability requirements and distinguishes substantive maqāṣid-oriented development from formal Shariah compliance.

Background: Zakat regulation in contemporary Muslim societies extends beyond the fulfillment of a religious obligation to encompass public authority, constitutional legitimacy, institutional accountability, and distributive justice. However, the relationship between siyāsah sharʿiyyah and Islamic constitutionalism in shaping zakat regulation remains insufficiently conceptualized.

Methods: This study employs a qualitative comparative approach based on an analysis of Islamic jurisprudential literature, contemporary academic scholarship, and relevant legal and institutional frameworks. The analysis examines the relationships among siyāsah sharʿiyyah, Islamic constitutional principles, state authority, regulatory mechanisms, accountability, and the objectives of zakat.

Results: The findings indicate that siyāsah sharʿiyyah provides a normative governance framework for regulating zakat based on justice, maṣlaḥah, accountability, and equitable distribution. Islamic constitutionalism complements this framework by translating normative principles into legal authority, institutional structures, and mechanisms of public accountability. Nevertheless, the interaction between these frameworks varies across constitutional and legal contexts.

Discussion: Effective zakat governance requires integration between Islamic normative principles and contemporary constitutional and regulatory institutions. Fragmented authority, weak accountability, and limited legal recognition may constrain the realization of zakat objectives.

Conclusion: The intersection of siyāsah sharʿiyyah and Islamic constitutionalism offers a comprehensive framework for understanding zakat regulation as both a religious and constitutional governance issue.

Novelty: This study develops an integrated analytical framework linking siyāsah sharʿiyyah, Islamic constitutionalism, state authority, and zakat governance. It highlights how Islamic normative objectives can be institutionally translated into contemporary regulatory arrangements.