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Advantages Of Sukuk In Islamic Capital Market

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Islamic Capital Market is a major part of the overall Islamic Financial System especially in providing the component of liquidity to the otherwise illiquid assets. One of the most popular instruments used today in Islamic Capital Market is Sukuk. The structures of Sukuk based on Ijarah, Musharakah, Mudharabah and hybrid forms have evolved. Under any circumstances, these innovations have appeal to many Shari’ah issues and arguments. Therefore, this article aims at analyzing the challenges of realizing Maqasid al-Shari’ah in the Islamic capital market, focusing on sukuk instrument. In particular, this study evaluates on the approach of one of the most popular sukuk structure, namely, sukuk al-Ijarah in the light of the perspective of Maqasid …show more content…

The success of the Islamic financial industry over the last two decades has lead new challenges related to liquidity management. Particularly, the Islamic capital market provides the component of liquidity to the alternatively illiquid assets. This is accomplished by selling a wide arrange of products structures from Shari’ah-compliant securities to bond-like structures known as Sukuk. Indirectly, this has increase economic activities based on Shari’ah. Even though the Islamic Capital Market uses the same market facility as the conventional, but the two have quite a different component and activity (Securities Industry Development Centre (SIDC), …show more content…

An accurate analysis and comprehensive of the Shari’ah rulings entails an understanding that Shari’ah objective at preserving and protecting public interests (maslahah) in all aspects and segments of life. Many Shari’ah though make known clearly the resolution behind certain Shari’ah rulings, propose that every ruling in Shari’ah approach with objective, which is to accommodate the mukallaf (accountable person). For reference, when Quran prescribes Qisas, it speaks of the rationale of it, that applying retaliation prevents further killing “There is life for you in Qisas” . Similarly, when Quran prohibits wine it says that wine is the works of devil as it causes quarrel and instills hatred and enmity among Muslims “The devil only wants to excite hatred and enmity between you in intoxicants and gambling and hinder you from remembrance of Allah and from prayer”

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