This paper intends to examine the methods of reasoning that are employed in Fiqh and critically discuss their adoption in Islamic economics. The paper argues that the methods used in Fiqh are mainly designed to find out whether or not a certain act is permissible or prohibited. Islamic economics, on the other hand, is a social science. Like any oth

This paper focuses on issues of form and substance in Islamic banking and financial transactions. The paper critically examines the argument that compares Islamic banking products with permissible (halal) foods, islamically slaughtered chickens, and properly concluded marriages. The paper argues that these comparisons are misleading and cannot be m

One of the popular method of home financing in Islamic banking is Bai Bithaman Ajil. However there are circumstances whereby in this type of contract the probability of ghārār involved is very high especially dealing with the purchase of assets which is not yet in existence.Therefore this paper aims to review what is actually meant by ghārār an

A precise demarcation separating hiyal from normal application of law has remained challenging. The majority of juristic trends are seen to categorize hiyal into permissible and impermissible types. Out of four categories of hiyal, juristic difference is found only with regard to one, where a permissible avenue is employed for attaining an unlawful

The aim of this study is to find out about the employee’s perception of their work-life quality in the university. Previous studies indicated that employees’ perception on work life quality significantly influenced their job satisfaction. 251 employees in the university participated in this study. Ten variables to measure Quality Work Life (QWL

The use of internet as a medium of communication has widened the scope of contract formation. Sale and purchase activities are held online either for performance of contract through the internet itself or to be performed outside the cyber world. Under Islamic Law there are several areas of uncertainty which will have significant impacts on electron

Applications of statistical Arabic NLP in general, and text mining in specific, along with the tools underneath perform much better as the statistical processing operates on deeper language factorization(s) than on raw text. Lexical semantic factorization is very important in that aspect due to its feasibility, high level of abstraction, and the la

This paper aims to present the results of an experimental investigation carried out to control the base pressure in a suddenly expanded axi-symmetric passage.Four micro-jets of 1mm orifice diameter located at 908 interval along a pitch circle diameter of 1.3 times the nozzle exit diameter in the base region was employed as active controls. The test

Mobile commerce is an emerging discipline that involves mobile device, wireless networks and Internet technologies. The Sultanate of Oman is one of the fastest growing telecoms nations in Asia and especially among the Arab Countries. The aims of this paper is to investigate the level of adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in

Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinomas are rare tumors. They account for 5 to 7% of the urothelial tumors with renal pelvic lesions representing the majority. The disease is rarely seen under the age of 50. Smoking, occupational carcinogens, analgesic abuse, Balkan nephropathy are the risk factors. Approximately 20 to 50% of patients with