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Respect Muslim Women Right to Wear Hijab at the Workplace
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Like many other religious beliefs, Islam placed high regards to individual's honour and dignity. Guarding chastity and appropriate dressing for the Muslims are guided by their religious beliefs. The criterion of modest dressing for women in the presence of strangers and non-Mahram' is contained in the divine law. It is forbidden that any pe

Unfair Treatment of Worker and Occupational Stress
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Occupational stress in the present globalised world is fraught with tremendous concern to the employees and other stakeholders of organisations. Excessive workload or work demand, and stressful deadlines, long working hours, insufficient number of staff, lack of support from co-workers and supervisors, annoying coworkers, angry customers, hazardous

Conflict of Interest in the Workplace and its Consequences
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The employment relationship is a fiduciary one where the core obligation is one of loyalty and integrity — the key characteristics an employee should possess, no matter what form of employment he is engaged in (see, Kvaerner Petrominco Engineering Sdn Bhd v Virginia Jaqueline Chan [2007] 1 ILR 494). It includes, the employee’s obligation to act

Overpayment to Employee by Mistake: Recovery Through Salary Deduction
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

In the sphere of employment law, in the absence of a statutory provision enabling an employer to make deduction for overpayment by mistake or a 'deduction clause' in the employment contract, there is no automatic mechanism that allows the employer to recover an overpayment through deduction of the amount from the employees next pay A 'd

Application of English Common Law in Malaysia: with Reference to Derbyshire County Council V Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

It will be seen in this article that the Court of Appeal in Malaysia is divided on the issue whether the Derbyshire principle is applicable in this country and thereby raising the issue on certainty of the common law applicable in Malaysia.

المنهج النبوي في إصلاح الجار السوء
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

يهدف هذا البحث لبيان منهج النبي في إصلاح جار السوء، من خلال الأحاديث الواردة في الاعتناء بحقوق الجار سواء كان صالحًا أم غير صالح، مسلمًا كان أم كافراً، فتأمر بالصبر على جار السوء، والإحسان إلي

Post Dismissal Earning and Reduction of Monetary Compensation for Unfair Dismissal in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

At common law, a wrongfully dismissed workman is bound to make reasonable exertion and show diligence in endeavouring to procure alternative employment. Failure to accept suitable alternative employment or take reasonable steps to procure the same would result in a deduction from the total amount recoverable for unfair dismissal calculated on a sum

Present and Future Research Trend in Electro Discharge Machining
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Electro discharge machining (EDM) is a non-conventional process used in industry for machining various intricate shapes. This process is known for machining hard and brittle conductive metallic materials as it can melt any electrically conductive material regardless of hardness at about 8000-12000 °C. History shows that, in 1770, an English scient

The Mportance of Considering Custom (Urf/adat) in Issuing Fatwa (Ifta') in Ibn Abidin's Sharh 'uqud Rasm al-Mufti = Kepentingan Menimbang Adat (Ñurf/ÑÓdat) Dalam Mengeluarkan Fatwa (IftĀ’) Dalam Ibn ÑÓbidin’s SharÍ ÑuqËd Rasm al-Mufti
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

It is necessary for a Mufti to know the custom ('urf/'adat) of his people and place. Non awareness of custom will result in mufti’s fatwa not being at par with the problems and demands of the developing societies. This paper emphasizes the important role custom plays in shari'ah, essentiality of its knowledge for the jurists/muftis, a

Musykilah al-I’tidā Ala al-Mahārim Fī Malaysia: Tahqīqu Ahammiyati Qīmah al-Isti’dzān Fi al-Islām Wa Jawānibuhā al-Tarbawiyyah
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The problem of incest, including its incidence among Muslim societies, is one of the major legal cases faced by lawyers in Malaysia. Incest cases are often hidden because they are considered a disgrace of the family and society that cannot be forgiven. As a result, justice for the victims is difficult to enforce, and the case continues to occur bec

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