TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analyzing the Position of Urf under the Islamic Legal System in Malaysia
AU - Ruzulan, Zulaipa AU - Ahmad, Thuraya AU - Saidon, Rafeah AU - Musa Fathullah Harun, Hanifah AU - Ab Rahman, Suhaimi 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 22
SP  - 8137
EP  - 8141
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.8137.8141
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.8137.8141
KW  - legal rulings and urf
KW  -Fatwa islamic legal system
KW  -techniques
KW  -contemporary
KW  -instrument
KW  -rulings
AB  - Malaysia has been recognized as an Islamic country all over the years whereby it has robust Islamic
legal system in order to cater with the challenging of contemporary issues. All in all, this research discusses
the background of Islamic legal systems in Malaysia and the position of urf as one of the tools to address the
contemporary issues. This is to show that Islamic legal system in Malaysia is progressive wherein it accepts
and adopts any changes of legal rulings in line with the changing of time and places via. accommodating it with
urf as an instrument to deduce legal rulings on related issues. Thus, this study involves a qualitative research
methodology where the document analysis is used to collect the data and then, the data is analyzed by using
content analysis and constant comparative techniques. In relation to this, the study found that urf plays
important roles in the process of deducing legal rulings where the Islamic legal system framework can
accommodate the rulings in line with the reality of the society. It is hope that, this study will benefit the policy
makers and practitioners as well in dealing with a lot of Shariah issues.
ER  -