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The Role of Maqasid Al-Shari’ah as a Fundamental Ethics in Social Media Use

Mohd Harifadilah Rosidi, Ahmad Wifaq Bin Mokhtar, Mohd Nasir Bin Abdul Majid

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v12-i4/13044

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Today’s technological advancements have resulted in broad social media usage, ranging from youngsters to the elderly. The use of social media can bring both good and bad to society. Thus, social media and technology used must be controlled with ethics and moral principles. This study aims to look at the ability of Maq??id al-Shari’ah as a fundamental ethic in the use of social media. Five principle elements (al-Dar?riyat al-Khams) in Maq??id al-Shari’ah, namely the protection of religion (al-Din), life (al-Nafs), intellect (al-’Aql), progeny (al-Nasl) and wealth (al-M?l) became the yardstick in the use of social media. This study found that Maq??id al-Shari’ah is very suitable to be the core of ethics in the use of social media because it can control the harm brought through social media. The study suggests that Maq??id al-Shari’ah be the primary ethical in using social media and made a factor in the study of acceptance and use of technology.

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To Cite this Article: Rosidi, M. H., Mokhtar, A. W. Bin, & Majid, M. N. B. A. (2022). The Role of Maqasid al-Shari’ah as a Fundamental Ethics in Social Media Use. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(4), 1285–1301.