Entertainment and entertaining in Maqasid Syariah
Halipah Hamzah1.
In this challenging modern age, the Muslim community,
whether young or old, is stuck with the influence of Western
culture namely the culture of hedonism. The goal of this
culture is simply to find pleasure regardless of the legal view.
Islam requires entertainment and entertaining in life.
However, Islam lays down guidelines related to
entertainment and entertaining to ensure that individual who
entertain is not negligent. The objective of this study is to
explain to the Muslim community about the law on the forms
of entertainment favored by Muslims in the present century.
This study also aims to clarify the guidelines of entertainment
and entertaining according to Islamic law. The research
question discussed in this writing is about the forms of
entertainment that are prevalent in the Muslim community
and its relationship with Maqasid Syariah. This study adopts
data collection and data analysis methods. In an effort to
collect data and information, this study is based on library
research from primary and secondary sources involving
Quranic sources, hadith, scholarly views, books, dictionaries,
scholarly writing and journals. These data were analyzed
using inductive, deductive and comparative methods. The
result of the study obtained that the law of entertainment and
excessive entertainment is illegal and there are guidelines
and demands of Maqasid Syariah that need to be complied
with in entertainment and entertaining
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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