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In the Islamic worldview, morality is an essential spiritual component of all human actions. Recent research has concluded that the personality traits of Islamic entrepreneurs contribute to their success and resilience in the area of entrepreneurship. These studies focus on examining how morality from the Islamic perspective among informal women entrepreneurs contributes to enhancing self- and family-life quality via well-being. While the aspect of entrepreneurship has been extensively covered, the literature on the characteristics of Islamic entrepreneurs and well-being has yet to explore the central significance of moral factors. PLS-SEM was used to evaluate a total of 402 informal women entrepreneurs who completed questionnaires. The participants were obtained through stratified purposive sampling. The researcher used a hypothetical test focused on the moral aspect as a key variable. Using a model adapted from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), the results revealed a positive relationship between Islamic entrepreneurial conduct and the well-being of women entrepreneurs. The conclusions of this research may be utilised as a guide for policymakers to implement spiritual aspects and moral values for the development of human capital. The indirect application of spiritual components, knowledgeable entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial ethics is a process of lifelong learning that has a positive impact on life’s quality and satisfies the requirements of Shari’a.
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