Antonym is one of semantic parts that determine the opposite meaning of words. Meaning is an important element in communication as it will be the bridge between the speaker and listener; hence the accurate meaning of a word is vital to avoid miscommunication. This study will discuss about meaning ofbasar and its antonyms; amiya and kamaha in Arabic. Qualitative approach will be used in this study and it focus on analyzing Lisan Al-Arab Dictionary written by Ibn Manzur which consider as secondary text. This version is the fourth edition and published by Dar Sader. The researcher will compare the meaning of the word basar and its antonyms. The findings show that the antonyms of basar which are amiya and kamaha have their own meaning despite being grouping under the same category. Researcher has categorized the meanings that have been derived from Lisan Al-Arab based on the themes, namely explicit meaning and implicit meaning. Based on the results we can say that explicit meaning for kamaha is rather details than amiya, whilst the contrast for the implicit meaning. Explicit meanings for both of the words refer to a person without sight and the implicit meaning refer to a person who became oblivious with slight differences between both. We can conclude there are similarities and differences between the antonyms of basar, amiya and kamaha. � 2017 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.

Discussions on the appointment of woman as mufti in Malaysia are new and uncommon. In the history of the institutions of fatwa in Malaysia, woman has never been appointed as mufti, however there aren’t any, neither in the Islamic nor Malaysia laws prohibiting women from issuing fatwas and being a mufti. This study was aim at finding the views of Fatwa Members and Syariah Experts with regards to the appointment of female mufti in Malaysia. This study was of a qualitative type and utilizing focus group discussion’s method. It was found out that the focus group members enormously agreed to the point that it was possible for women to issue fatwas. However in reality, several issues should be first considered and solved before the appointment of woman as mufti could be realized. Thus, for the realization on the appointment of female mufti in Malaysia in the near future, a model of female mufti’s jurisdiction should be design and develop.

Sahih al-Bukhari is considered as the most authentic book of hadith. One of the important aspects in the hadith study is the hadith understanding. Contextual approach is one of the approaches in the hadith understanding. The Islamic scholars have written several books of commentaries in order to explain the hadith content based on its context. However, recent research shows that the hadith understanding level for the Muslim remains in at very moderate level. Previous researches show that existing contextual understanding of hadith are limited in method of qawli, mawdhu’i and muzawwaj. In this paper, a classification that grouped the contextual understanding of hadiths has been proposed in order to overcome this problem. This research focuses on the classification of hadith fi’li in Sahih al-Bukhari based on the Pillars of Islam. Qualitative approach that uses contextual analysis with aim to improve the level of hadith understanding was applied. The phases included the process of selecting hadith fi’li related to word “basara” in Sahih al-Bukhari, extracting their contextual understanding, and finally grouping them into the classifications based on the Pillars of Islam. This classification has five classes namely syahadah, solat, saum, zakat, haj. Based on the results, the contextual understanding of selected hadith involves three classes which are syahadah, solat and zakat.

Hadith which defined as the speeches, actions, tacit approvals and characteristics of Prophet Muhammad PBUH requires thorough attention in understanding. One of the principles in comprehending hadith is by understanding the content contextually, and it could be done by gathering related hadith under a certain concept. Ontology could play the role in the enhancement of this particular principle. However, the usage of ontology in the field of hadith is still limited due to various books of hadith available. Furthermore, the existing hadith ontology has only been focusing on the method of narration section. Thus, this study aims to propose an ontology based on hadith. Apart from that, it intends to explain the context of hadith prior to ontology creation. In order to achieve these objectives, several phases have been conducted to expand the understanding of hadith. The word Samica which means hearing has been chosen as a sample in this approach. The phases involved were the identification of the noun form of the word Samica, the extraction of hadith with the word Samica, the analysis of hadith based on several commentaries books, as well as the development of the ontology. The results indicated that the hadith could be categorized into several concepts which are Allah, Belief, and Sharicah. Allah, Belief and Sharicah have been recognized as crucial concepts in Islamic knowledge. In summary, ontology could be utilized in expanding hadith understanding. � 2017 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.

In order to enhance the understanding of Quran, efforts to understand Muslim�s understanding of the content of the Quran should be of high concern. Thus, this study aims; (1) to explore the Muslims� understanding of the content of the Quran based on Surah Al-Ikhlas and (2) to classify the understanding features based on their level of understanding the Quran based on Surah Al-Ikhlas using the framework analysis. The framework consists of five levels of understanding as categorized by Omar (2016). In terms of data collection, three participants were interviewed-two undergraduate students and one lecturer from a local university. The results show that based on Surah Al Ikhlas each of the participants can give different levels of understanding and they can be classified as Novice, Intermediate, and Expert, respectively. � 2017 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.