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This study investigates the structure and socioeconomic roles of traditional entrepreneurial communities in the Muslim world by comparing them with modern cooperative models. Unlike Western cooperatives, which emerged to counter market-induced social disintegration, Muslim communities have sustained themselves through kinship networks, shared values, and voluntary socioeconomic justice. These communities exhibit key characteristics aligned with cooperative aims, including family-business integration, mutual financial support, job creation, and community well-being. However, contemporary research on these communities is limited and often outdated, in contrast to extensive studies on ethnic entrepreneurship in non-Muslim contexts. This study advocates for more exploratory research to understand how Muslim entrepreneurial communities maintain social integration, distributive justice, and Islamic values in their socioeconomic frameworks. It proposes research questions on community organization, economic contributions, welfare mechanisms, and modernization impacts, offering a roadmap for future research to inform policies and community development. By examining the resilience and adaptability of these communities, this study aims to enhance the understanding of Islamic socioeconomic models and their contemporary relevance. These findings highlight the distinctive features of these communities as naturally occurring cooperatives, reflecting their unique cultural, religious, and social contexts. This research advances theoretical discussions in Islamic economics, economic sociology, and cooperative studies, while offering insights into fostering economic inclusivity and social cohesion in diverse settings.

The relevance of religious precepts in preserving nature has increased dramatically because of the worsening ecological conditions and the effects of global warming. The present research explores the concepts of ecological responsibility that appear in the Quran and Hadith, assessing their applicability and significance in the modern world. The aim is to clarify the fundamental connection between ecological morality and Islamic teachings, so adding to the conversation on protecting the planet and long-term growth. This study especially attempts to find and analyze Hadith and Quranic passages that highlight the preservation of the environment, evaluate their applicability in the modern era for advancing long-term viability and create strategies for incorporating these lessons into green laws and activities. A qualitative strategy is used, fusing correlative research and analysis of material. The article attempts to show how Islamic ideas can guide and improve preservation of the environmental activities, bridging the disparity between faith-based beliefs and modern environmental habits. The study highlights the theoretical potential of Islamic ecological morals to support worldwide sustainable development goals by placing identified rules within Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and legal principles and creating helpful suggestions for decision-makers, theologians, and environmental activists. The overall objective of the research is to promote more environmentally friendly and peaceful coexistence with nature by encouraging Muslim communities and others to recommit to the ecological preservation ideals outlined in the Quran and Hadith.

This article explores a combined approach of Qur’ānic counseling with psychotherapy to deal with the process of trauma recovery by highlighting spiritual wisdom with evidence-based psychological interventions. Trauma can leave deep wounds inside a person, affecting their mind and emotions. To heal these wounds, we look at two different approaches: Qur’ānic counseling and psychotherapy. The Qur’ān, a holy book in Islam, offers guidance and wisdom on how to cope with difficulties and find strength in hard times. Stated Allah Almighty in the Holy Qur’ān "And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss," (Qur’ān, 17: 82). Islamic teachings provide wealth of insight and direction for dealing with adversity. Psychotherapy, on the other hand, offers strategies for understanding and managing trauma-related symptoms to help people overcome their psychological struggles. By combining psychotherapy with Qur'ānic teachings, a holistic approach to trauma recovery is created. This integrated method uses proven psychotherapy techniques and spiritual guidance from the Qur'ān to support trauma survivors effectively. Overall, this article aims to show how blending spiritual guidance with psychological support can offer hope and healing to those who have experienced trauma.

This paper explores the legitimacy of the use of Fractional Reserve System in Islamic banking from the normative premise of Islamic economics. The paper uses a methodology of structured literature review and a conceptual analysis of the literature following the approach of Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS). The first section of the paper presents the analysis on fractional Reserve Bank (FRB) system, how it leads to multiplication of money supply and influence the long-term inflation and business cycles; the second part of the article explains the extent to which this framework obstructs in the achievement of the objectives of Islamic Economics. This is followed by a reflective analysis of concepts and information gathered from the literature to evaluate how FRB system fits into the fabric of Islamic Economic. The second section of this paper explains how Islamic Banks, with an FRB model and its inclination towards debt-based instruments, would allow Islamic banks to contribute to the problem of inflation, even if they use Musharakah and Mudarabah as a mode of finance.

Hadith is the second basic source of Islamic Sharrah. Imam Malik (RA) proposed the collection of Hadith according to the Fiqhi-classification, in the end of second century Hijrah calender. This collection was named Muwatta. The important thing is that the author of this book is the Imam of Hadith as well as the /mam of Figh. Shah 'Abdul `Aziz Mohaddith Dehlavi (RA) has counted 16 manuscripts of this book. Arabic and non-arabic scholars have written many commentaries of Muwatta, including Awjaz al-Masalik authored by Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya (RA), which encompasses the summery of almost all the commentaries of the book. The book is totally free from all kind of sectarian prejudices. It is very famous among the scholars. Its study becomes easier if we consider its methodology of description.

The role of religion is undeniable in the life of mankind since their existence. It is an acknowledged fact that religious minded people performed better in every walks of life with negligible worries. The study is an attempt to examine the effects of religious orientation on performance students at university level. The students of university of education Faisalabad campus were the population of the study. For this purpose, 309 students were randomly selected form six departments. They were further subdivided from social sciences 123 students and basic sciences 186 students. There were one hundred and eighty-one students belonged to males and one hundred and twenty-eight students belonged to female category. The adapted instrument Religious Orientation Scale [ROS] was used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 24. Pearson r, t-test and ANOVA were applied for the results. The findings of the study showed that university students have strong values of religious orientation. Female students have greater achievement score and religious orientation than that of males. Basic sciences students were found to have greater achievement score than that of social sciences students. There is a strong positive correlation exists among intrinsic, extrinsic and overall religious orientation. It is suggested that in order to promote spiritual well-being through religious orientation, seminars and workshops in higher educational institutions may be conducted.

In international relations, Foreign policy is one of the wheels with which process of international politics operates. It involves goals, strategies, measures, methods, guidelines, directives, understandings, agreements, and so on, by which national governments conduct international relations with each other. It is an important tool to relate the relations to other countries. It is a study of the management of external relations and activities of nation-states. Being a universal religion Islam represents broad vision of its constituted policies and considers itself responsible for the preparation of its rights. In spite of these approaches, Islam gives its own guidance in this perspective. The Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was sent for all peoples of the world, and his Shari'ah was universal. After Hijrah, The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made practically the establishment of Islamic State of Madeena, made arrangements of conveying to the whole humanity, the worldly and universal message of Islamic ideology. In this regard, He صلى الله عليه وسلم took necessary measurements and led a foundation of Islamic State's Foreign Policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]