Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives

Risk cannot be separated from our daily life activities, including both personal and business activities. One of the ways to mitigate the risk is through insurance. However, insurance has the elements such as interest, uncertainty and gambling which are prohibited from the Islamic perspective. Thu...

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Main Authors: Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Hamat, Mustapha, Wan Ismail, Wan Zamri, Salman, Syed Ahmed
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spelling iium-364652017-09-18T03:49:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36465/ Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives Htay, Sheila Nu Nu Hamat, Mustapha Wan Ismail, Wan Zamri Salman, Syed Ahmed HG1501 Banking HG8011 Insurance Risk cannot be separated from our daily life activities, including both personal and business activities. One of the ways to mitigate the risk is through insurance. However, insurance has the elements such as interest, uncertainty and gambling which are prohibited from the Islamic perspective. Thus, Muslim scholars have introduced Takaful (Islamic insurance) and then, Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) becomes the central role for the Takaful operators since they cannot survive without Retakaful. Thus, the purpose of this research is to elaborate on historical development of Retakaful and its Shari’ah and operational aspect in order for us to appreciate the role of Retakaful to support the Takaful operators to whom we rely on to get the protection in the case of misfortune. Library research is adopted in this paper since secondary data is used in this study. We hope that this paper will enhance the body of knowledge in the area of Takaful and Retakaful. IDOSI Publication 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36465/1/retakaful.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36465/4/36465_Retakaful%20%28Islamic%20reinsurance%29_scopus.pdf Htay, Sheila Nu Nu and Hamat, Mustapha and Wan Ismail, Wan Zamri and Salman, Syed Ahmed (2014) Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives. World Applied Sciences Journal, 30. pp. 185-190. ISSN 1818-4952 http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj30(icmrp)14/24.pdf 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2014.30.icmrp.24
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topic HG1501 Banking
HG8011 Insurance
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HG8011 Insurance
Htay, Sheila Nu Nu
Hamat, Mustapha
Wan Ismail, Wan Zamri
Salman, Syed Ahmed
Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives
description Risk cannot be separated from our daily life activities, including both personal and business activities. One of the ways to mitigate the risk is through insurance. However, insurance has the elements such as interest, uncertainty and gambling which are prohibited from the Islamic perspective. Thus, Muslim scholars have introduced Takaful (Islamic insurance) and then, Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) becomes the central role for the Takaful operators since they cannot survive without Retakaful. Thus, the purpose of this research is to elaborate on historical development of Retakaful and its Shari’ah and operational aspect in order for us to appreciate the role of Retakaful to support the Takaful operators to whom we rely on to get the protection in the case of misfortune. Library research is adopted in this paper since secondary data is used in this study. We hope that this paper will enhance the body of knowledge in the area of Takaful and Retakaful.
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author Htay, Sheila Nu Nu
Hamat, Mustapha
Wan Ismail, Wan Zamri
Salman, Syed Ahmed
author_facet Htay, Sheila Nu Nu
Hamat, Mustapha
Wan Ismail, Wan Zamri
Salman, Syed Ahmed
author_sort Htay, Sheila Nu Nu
title Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives
title_short Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives
title_full Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives
title_fullStr Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Retakaful (Islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives
title_sort retakaful (islamic reinsurance) historical, shari’ah and operational perspectives
publisher IDOSI Publication
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/36465/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36465/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/36465/1/retakaful.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36465/4/36465_Retakaful%20%28Islamic%20reinsurance%29_scopus.pdf
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