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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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M40 Muslim Households Indebtedness for Luxury from Islamic Perspective

Hainnur Aqma Rahim, Murni Yusoff, Zakaria Bahari

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i10/7942

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This research examines three variable components of M40 Muslim behavior comprise of understanding of Islamic debt principles, credit facilities offered and confidence in Islamic banking / financial products towards the purpose of indebtedness for luxury from an Islamic perspective. The M40 Muslim household's attitude towards debt is a mediator to the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. This research uses a quantitative research approach by distributing questionnaires to M40 Muslim debtors in Selangor. Data were collected using samples of 438 respondents from M40 Muslim who were indebted in Selangor based on stratified random sampling techniques and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings of this research have shown that with the variable of understanding of Islamic debt principles, credit facilities offered are significant to the attitude of Muslim debtors, while Muslim confidence in Islamic banking / financial products is not significant to Muslim’s attitude of debt. In addition, the findings also show that the attitude of Muslims to debt is significant and is capable of being a mediator between the variables of M40 Muslim households with the aim of being indebted to enjoy the luxury. In this research, the understanding of Islamic debt, the credit facilities offered and the attitude of indebtedness have a significant impact towards the motivation among the Muslim households to be indebted for luxurious means.

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In-Text Citation: (Rahim, Yusoff, & Bahari, 2020)
To Cite this Article: Rahim, H. A., Yusoff, M., & Bahari, Z. (2020). M40 Muslim Households Indebtedness for Luxury from Islamic Perspective. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(10), 323-340.