Selaras dengan polisi kerajaan untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebuah negara maju menjelang 2020 yang menumpukan kepada aspek ekonomi dan sosial,institusi perkahwinan dan keluarga perlu diperkukuhkan. Proses pembangunan yang pantas memberi tekanan dan cabaran kepada institusi kekeluargaan. Walaupun banyak usaha telah dilaksanakan bagi memperkukuhkan institusi kekeluargaan, masih kurang bukti yang menunjukkan keberkesanan usaha sedia ada. Kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk menerangkan satu model yang berasaskan integrasi kaunseling konvensional dan pendekatan Islam untuk membantu pasangan Islam dalam kaunseling. Kajian ini akan melibatkan analisis teks Qut al Qulb karangan Abu Talib al-Makki dan kajian lepas tentang bahan-bahan daripada kedua-dua kaunseling konvensional dan Islam. Model ini menekankan tentang kepentingan intervensi kaunseling yang menggabungkan kedua dua elemen naqli dan aqli bagi menyokong klien orang Islam. Model ini berpotensi untuk menjadi panduan apabila berhadapan dengan pasangan beragama Islam. Adalah diharapkan kajian ini meningkatkan kesedaran untuk menambahbaik perkhidmatan kaunseling kepada pasangan Islam. Selain daripada itu, kajian ini juga diharap dapat meningkatkan kesejahteraan institusi kekeluargaan dan masyarakat amnya.

A harmonious relationship amongst religious organizations is extremely important for the healthy growth of a multi-religious society. This study explores the underlying aims of both religious movements i.e. the Muslims and the Christians in particular their outlined social programmes and their methodologies to make sure that the harmony and prosperous relationship is maintained in the Malaysian context. Thus, the study brings forward two essential movements in Malaysia; ABIM and CFM to shed light upon the commitments made by these non-Governmental Organizations for a positive development of Christian-Muslim relations in Malaysia.

Malay modern literary research has never ceased to discuss the significance on the contribution of Munsyi Abdullah in the Malay world. Although he was conferred the title of Father of Modern Malay Literature, his name was always hailed for some controversial remarks. His translation of the Kitab lnjil and other missionary works received severe criticism and he was even noted for being the Western ally. Even some of the Malays who were adhere to chauvinistic attitude, would dismiss him as loyal Malay since he was noted using some awful words to describe the conditions of the Malays in his writings. Thus, looking thoroughly on his life history, this paper would like to examine his contributions in the Malay Literary works, of which he had contributed tremendously. This would also consult some discussion on his controversy among the scholars and his other significant works that should not be ignored by the history.

This article aims to highlight the insights of selected renowned Muslim scholars on the nature of good deeds. The article focuses on analysing spiritual insight of selected Muslim scholars towards the dual dimensions of good deeds, which is inner and outer or physical and spiritual. This article is library research which employs descriptive and analytical study. The article founds that these Muslim scholars affirms the existence of inner dimension of good deeds, and therefore, good deeds comprise of both inner and outer dimension. Both of these dimensions need to be observed accordingly. The balanced observance of these two dimensions of good deeds is critical in order to achieve its real purpose.

It is imperative for the Muslim to observe the consumption according to Islamic teaching based on the Quran and Sunnah and according to the Islamic Fiqh. Education in terms of basic Islamic rules in regards to the Muslim food is very important especially to create awareness in determine the Halalness of the food consumed. Hence this study focusses on education as moderator towards knowledge and awareness of the Muslim consumers over their consumption of Halal food product. Data were collected from 162 respondents on a random sampling basis. Quantitative analysis was conducted using SEM AMOS version 22 in determining education as moderator to knowledge and awareness of Muslim consumers. The finding shows that the level of the education plays a significant role as moderator in strengthening the knowledge of Muslim consumer in utilizing Halal food product. It indicates that knowledge is positively significant related to awareness. However, the relationship of understanding related to awareness is not significant maybe due to the attitude and practices of the Muslim consumer themselves. The study shows that consumers' education moderates the relationship between knowledge and awareness. Hence the emphasis of relevance government sector and other Islamic institution to educate the society at large and Muslim consumers in specific is crucial as for them to get the benefit of education in increasing knowledge and awareness that comply with Shariah in food consumption.

Counselors in Malaysia rely on religious practices for self-care and personal growth, according to a previous study. This exploratory study used a descriptive phenomenological approach to interview four counselors with diverse religious beliefs who are engaged in crisis work. The study identified three key themes of spiritual self-care: 1) religious practice, 2) self-reflection, and 3) internalizing religious values professionally. The research suggests the need for increased religious competence among counselors and emphasizes the inclusion of religious competence as a requirement for crisis work deployment. It also highlights the importance of incorporating cultural aspects into counselor self-care education.

With the advent of recent technology especially the Internet, there is a challenge in maintaining academic integrity among students. One of the most common issue is plagiarism. Previous studies have considered plagiarism from the perspective of teachers as well as students at school up until the university level. This study examined Muslim counselor educators’ perceptions of students’ plagiarism. Using a qualitative case study, a purposive sample of five counselor educators from a single university were interviewed. Data collected were analyzed using thematic approach. Findings show participants’ attitude and behavior towards students’ plagiarism, and strategies pursued to educate students to avoid plagiarism. Limitations of the study, implications, and recommendations are discussed.

Islamic education in Malaysia is continually progressing as informal institution in its initial period of Islamization. Islamic knowledge tradition has been developed gradually from traditional approach to a modern approach. However, the traditional approach to Islamic knowledge tradition is still preserved until today along with the formal educational system and approaches after the Islamic Resurgence in 1970. The emergence of Islamic Resurgence in 1970s has revitalized the Malay Muslims outlooks and awareness on the objective of religion in their life, particularly instilling in the Malays to restudy Islam as the comprehensive way of life. This paper aims to analyze the development of Islamic knowledge tradition amongst the Malay Muslim in Malaysia. This paper also discusses the transformation process in the study of Islam in the urban settings of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor as centers of the Islamic Resurgence. The mixed methods approach was applied to explore and analyze the development of Islamic knowledge tradition which has been practiced in the Malay society. The official records, interviews and literatures were used to study the dynamic development of Islamic educational tradition in Malaysia, particularly in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur from the period of 1970 to 2016. A total of 734 respondents involved in the study which represented the ratio of 2: 4: 4 respectively for the upper-middle, the middle-middle and the low-income classes of the Malay. Questionnaires were distributed using combination of stratified, random and cluster sampling at Kuala Lumpur and nine districts of Selangor. The findings showed the Malay Muslims experiences in inculcating Islamic knowledge tradition and values from informal to formal educational system with a dynamic approach to understand the content of Islamic teaching.

Interfaith engagements or interfaith relations which include dialogue, debate, scriptural reading, spiritual engagement, writings on religious element etc. are notable not in Malaysia but also all over the world. It has become an important element for religious life. One of the examples of interfaith engagements is interreligious dialogue which enables people to listen and to talk to the other partner of religious groups or communities. The aims of this engagement are none than to gain respect, understanding and strengthening one’s owns belief. However, some of the engagements has gone too far and it has deviated from the main aims. Even, every religion has their own distinctive objectives, aims and strategies to work on harmonious relationship with other religions which makes interfaith relations become more challenging. Due to its urgent needs and diversified approaches, it is important to investigate the challenges of interfaith relations. Therefore, the paper sets out to highlight the contemporary background of interfaith relations, to investigate potential challenges of interfaith engagement and to provide some solutions to these challenges in Islamic perspective. It is hoped to help foster positive relations among Malaysians in coping with diversity.

Pada awal tahun ini, dunia telah dilanda dengan satu wabak yang bersifat pandemik yang mengorbankan ratusan ribu umat manusia akibat dijangkiti virus COVID-19. Dalam kegawatan penyelidik mencari vaksin untuk virus ini, ramai sarjana tampil memperihalkan tentang bagaimana seharusnya umat Islam berhadapan dengan virus ini. Segenap manusia di seluruh dunia terkesan dengan wabak ini dan ia bukan hanya virus yang mendiami fizikal badan manusia tetapi ia juga melumpuhkan banyak sistem kehidupan manusia termasuklah aspek sosial, ekonomi, kekeluargaan, kerohanian dan sebagainya. Kajian ini akan mengupas sudut pandang kerohanian (spiritual) terutamanya dalam menghadapi musibah atau khususnya wabak COVID-19 bagi individu Islam yang beriman dengan ketentuan Allah iaitu Qada’ dan Qadar-Nya. Metod kajian ini menggunapakai kaedah analisis kandungan karya Sheikh Sa’id Hawwa iaitu Tarbiyatuna al-Ruhiyyah sebagai sampel kajian. Hasil kajian ini mendapati bahawa tingkah laku manusia sangat bersifat dinamik dan saling berkait rapat dengan nilai agama atau kerohanian seseorang. Niat seseorang dalam tingkah laku boleh diramalkan daripada sikap terhadap tingkah laku, norma-norma yang bersifat subjektif dan kawalan tingkah laku seseorang. Ia sangat membantu individu dalam menghadapi Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) di rumah semasa menghadapi pandemik COVID-19. Said Hawwa juga menjelaskan tentang domain kerohanian iaitu berpusat di hati dan domain-domain yang lain yang menyumbang kepada kecerdasan kerohanian yang mampu menjadi pertahanan bagi mereka yang menghadapi musibah terutama musibah COVID-19.

Spiritual Intelligence is essential in facing any trials of life. As Muslims who believe in the provisions of Qada’ and Qadar of Allah SWT, besides making efforts to protect oneself physically, it is necessary to ask Allah for self-protection. The role of spirituality is undeniable as it helps to stabilize humans to remain positive during the pandemic of Covid-19. This article will discuss the importance of spiritual intelligence and the role of faith and patience to the Qada’ and Qadar of Allah vis-a-vis the trial of Covid-19. It will also examine the approach of Said Hawwa’s Spiritual Intelligence to help individuals facing this pandemic. Besides that, it will also highlight his interpretation of aspects of mujahadah and its articles (al-Uzlah, Al-Samtu, Al-Ju’ and Al-Sahru) concerning Muslim issues during this trial. The methodology of this paper is of a qualitative study that focuses on the writing of Sheikh Said Hawwa in hisTarbiyatuna al-Ruhiyyahregarding the importance of spirituality on the pertaining aspects of Akidah, Syariah and Akhlaq

Kajian lepas menunjukkan perkaitan yang kuat antara aspek-aspek keagamaan dengan kesejahteraan dalam hubungan pasangan berkahwin. Walau bagaimanapun, masih kurang kajian yang meneroka tentang perkara ini dalam konteks Malaysia, khususnya dalam kalangan orang Islam. Kertas ini akan meneroka tentang kefahaman agama dengan proses transformasi dalam perkahwinan. Kefahaman agama dalam kajian ini mencakupi kepercayaan dan amalan keagamaan. Manakala, proses transformasi dalam perkahwinan pula merujuk kepada proses-proses yang berlaku dalam hubungan perkahwinan yang tidak memerlukan intervensi secara professional daripada luar, khususnya apabila berlakunya isu atau konflik dalam perkahwinan. Metodologi kajian adalah menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Sampel bermatlamat melibatkan lima pasangan Melayu beragama Islam yang usia perkahwinan mereka melebihi sepuluh tahun. Temubual berstruktur telah dijalankan dan dapatan menunjukkan kefahaman beragama iaitu kepercayaan dan amalan Islam adalah berkait dengan pengekalan hubungan sesuatu pasangan dalam perkahwinan. Dapatan ini menunjukkan kepentingan untuk menggunakan intervensi kaunseling perkahwinan yang mengintegrasikan ilmu naqli dan �aqli yang dapat membantu menyokong keperluan klien.

Artikel ini akan menjelaskan mengenai sudut pandang Hamka mengenai persoalan keimanan dengan qada’ dan qadar yang terdapat dalam novel-novel Hamka. Bagi mengeluarkan pandangan beliau tentang persoalan qada’ dan qadar ini penulis telah meneliti terhadap beberapa buah penulisan novel Hamka, antaranya adalah novel Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck, Di Bawah Lindungan Kaabah dan Terusir. Hamka di dalam novel-novel ini telah memasukkan elemen-elemen akidah Islam yang sangat berkait rapat dengan persoalan qada’ dan qadar di dalam penceritaannya melalui watak-watak yang diketengahkan mahupun melalui gaya bahasanya yang mendalam. Antara persoalan qada’ dan qadar paling utama yang diterapkan dalam novel-novel ini adalah manusia tidak dapat lari dari menerima takdir hidupnya sekalipun ia pahit. Oleh itu tempat bergantung paling hakiki bagi seorang insan dalam semua situasi kehidupannya adalah Allah swt. Manakala cara untuk membolehkan seseorang dapat menerima takdir hidupnya yang pahit antaranya adalah dengan mempunyai teman yang betul akidahnya untuk menasihatinya menerima takdir itu.

Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengetahui tahap penyalahgunaan dadah dan gejala sosial di kalangan remaja dan belia di tanah rancangan tanah felda. Di samping itu kajian ini juga meninjau tentang tahap aktiviti dakwah di kalangan masyarakat felda. Kajian ini adalah berbentuk participiant observation dan ia telah dijalankan di salah sebuah tanah rancangan felda di negeri Pahang selama dua bulan dengan menerangkan dan memperihalkan budaya sesebuah masyarakat yang kompleks. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa memang terdapat masalah penyalahgunaan dadah dan gejala sosial di kalangan masyarakat tanah rancangan Felda. Di antara gejala sosial ini termasuklah pengangguran, melepak, merokok, ponteng sekolah, VCD lucah, pornografi dan sebagainya. Diantara punca berlakunya gejala sosial ini ialah kelesuan aktiviti dakwah, kelemahan institusi pentadbiran dan pengurusan, ketidakseimbangan antara pembangunan ekonomi dan infrantruktur dengan aspek pembangunan insan, keruntuhan institusi kekeluargaan dan sebagainya. Kajian ini mencadangkan supaya diwujudkan pusat ilmu dan dikendalikan oleh penggerak masyarakat di setiap tanah rancangan bagi membolehkan seseorang kebali kepada penghayatan agama yang kukuh sebagai satu usaha kepada penyelesaian masalah sosial dan penyalahgunaan dadah.

Adolescents involved in sex before marriage and having children out of wedlock with abandoned babies are increasing every year. Adolescent girls living in moral rehabilitation center has also an issue because the number is increasing. This study aims to identify the appropriate inventory to measure the process of repentance youth who were involved in adultery through analysis of Structural Equation Model. To ensure that the constructs are well-constructed, study design uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative. The first phase uses a qualitative approach involving focus groups to construct the instrument. Qualitative findings identify eight level in the process of repentance, al-Ghazali had identified namely, the guidance of faith, Islamic guidance, moral guidance, muhasabah, muatabah, muaqabah, mujahadah and istiqamah. Next, was to develop a self-assessment inventory using five-point Likert scale that list 49 items. The study involved 284 respondents who were involved in sex before marriage. However, Structural equation modeling analysis had produced Fit models that show only 13 items of which five items for combinations construct of understanding, five items for combinations of action and only three items to construct of repentance. The results showed construct as combination of understanding is significant and positive relationship with the constructs combination of action (r = 0.78) with repentance constructs as moderators of a weak positive relationship but on constructs combination Understanding (r = 0.22). Implication of this study suggests that understanding the components driving someone to act in the process of repentance. However, understanding the constructs showed a positive influence on the construct of self. Instead, taubat can not influence action in the context of the entire repentance process. Future study is proposed to groups of boys to identify similarities or differences in model Repentance Al-Ghazali (M-Tag).

Exposure to traumatic experiences routinely may affect the counselor's psychological health. Past studies indicated that experienced counselors tend to use self-talk as one of their psychological self-care strategies to shield themselves from the psychological impact. Self-talk that takes place during crisis intervention was found to benefit in releasing tense emotions. However, in-depth exploration of this practice as a self-care strategy through empirical study is limited. This study was conducted to deeply describe the practice of self-talk among Malaysian counselors who are involved in crisis work by routine. This qualitative research employed descriptive phenomenology as its approach. Ten participants in this study were selected through purposive sampling. The individual in-depth interviews were conducted and analyzed thematically. The findings reveal that Malaysian counselors utilize positive self-talk during crisis interventions for selfcalming and self-reaffirmation, enabling them to maintain their professional roles without being negatively affected by their clients' traumatic experiences, or other third-party remarks. This study introduces a potentially valuable self-talk technique during intervention sessions, reducing the risk of post-traumatic stress resulting from ongoing exposure to traumatic client narratives.

Pengetahuan dalam aspek keagamaan atau kerohanian (spiritual) merupakan elemen asas yang menentukan kefahaman dan komitmen seseorang terhadap agama. Hubungan antara agama dan kesejahteraan hidup juga telah dibuktikan memberi implikasi yang positif dalam kehidupan manusia berdasarkan beberapa kajian yang lepas. Kertas kerja ini bertujuan menganalisis pengetahuan asas agama Islam dalam kalangan belia Melayu bandar di Lembah Kelang sebagai pusat perkembangan Kebangkitan Semula Islam. Perbincangan turut menganalisis kefahaman agama yang membentuk pemikiran golongan generasi muda ini terhadap agama dan kehidupan kerohanian. Seramai 470 responden belia terlibat dalam kaji selidik ini yang diedarkan secara rawak mudah di sekitar Lembah Kelang meliputi Kuala Lumpur dan enam daerah di Selangor. Belia Melayu dikategorikan mengikut tiga kohot utama, iaitu 15-20 tahun, 21-25 tahun dan 26-40 tahun. Dapatan menunjukkan tahap pengetahuan dan kefahaman golongan belia di kawasan bandar yang berada pada tahap tinggi pada sesetengah dimensi yang melambangkan manifestasi aspek pemikiran agama (religious thought) dan kepercayaan (religious belief) dalam keagamaan Islam (Islamic religiosity) mereka. Kajian juga menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang positif antara tahap pendidikan dan pemikiran keagamaan Islam. Hal yang demikian menunjukkan bahawa tahap pendidikan dan pendedahan kepada aktiviti agama memberi kesan terhadap pemikiran keagamaan.

Pelbagai pendekatan pencegahan dan pemulihan telah digunakan untuk menyelesaikan masalah penagihan dadah dan salah satu yang sering dibincangkan ialah pendekatan agama. Artikel ini membincangkan tatacara menangani masalah dadah dengan melihat kepada perspektif agama sebagai satu alternatif yang boleh memantapkan kerohanian generasi pewaris. Elemen ini sangat berperanan sebagai benteng sahsiah yang boleh menghalang individu daripada terjebak dengan masalah-masalah sosial hari ini. Antara perkara-perkara yang dihuraikan di dalam kertas kerja ini ialah peranan agama dalam kehidupan manusia, manusia sebagai khalifah Allah dan pemegang amanah, unsur-unsur yang membentuk manusia seperti unsur qalb (hati), aql, nafs, yang dilihat berperanan untuk menghalang manusia daripada terjebak dengan gejala ini dan cara-cara pembersihan jiwa melalui tingkatan-tingkatan nafs di dalam Islam

Isu penghinaan terhadap Agama Islam di media sosial merupakan isu yang masih tidak menemui jalan penyelesaian yang tuntas sehinga ke hari ini. Penghinaan yang paling kerap dilakukan adalah menghina Rasul umat Islam iaitu Nabi Muhammad SAW. Rentetan daripada itu, menyebabkan segelintir umat Islam mengambil tindakan menyerang individu yang bukan sahaja menghina agama Islam malahan membuat provokasi kepada umat Islam. Isu ini mendapat perhatian yang serius daripada pihak pemimpin kerana boleh menjejaskan kestabilan dan keharmonian negara. Justeru, kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk meneliti isu ini berdasarkan persepsi pemimpin di Malaysia. Bagi tujuan tersebut kajian ini mengaplikasikan kaedah kualitatif berdasarkan analisis kandungan. Data-data dikumpul melalui analisis dokumen daripada laporan-laporan akhbar di Malaysia. Enam akhbar atas talian berbahasa Melayu telah dipilih sebagai sampel dalam kajian ini iaitu Berita Harian, Utusan Malaysia, Harian Metro, Mstar, AstroAwani dan Sinar Harian. Data-data diambil daripada laman web rasmi akhbar-akhbar tersebut. Analisis dilakukan dengan memfokuskan kepada dua aspek iaitu punca-punca berlaku penghinaan, dan kaedah membanteras isu ini. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa punca berlaku penghinaan agama dikaitkan dengan Gerakan yang mendokong fahaman Liberalisme, Pluralisme, ketagihan dadah, gangguan mental, kejahilan, dan ekstremisme. Justeru kaedahyang disarankan untuk mencegah penghinaan agama perlu melalui pendidikan dan penguatkuasaan undang-undang.