Prevalence and underlying structure of students’ Sejahtera Living vis-à-vis Maqāṣid al-Sharī’ah

Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Hussein, Suhailah and Abd Hamid, Hamidon and Hashim, Khairusy Syakirin Has-Yun (2022) Prevalence and underlying structure of students’ Sejahtera Living vis-à-vis Maqāṣid al-Sharī’ah. IIUM Journal of Educational Studies, 10 (2). pp. 150-173. ISSN 2289-8085

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Abstract

This study explored the prevalence of sejahtera living—an idea rooted in the belief that Islam is a way of life—among students at an Islamic university in Malaysia, and tested the extent to which the students’ responses to the questionnaire items on the concept constituted meaningful and interpretable facets of sejahtera living. A total of 596 students voluntarily participated in the study, with the sample being split into two random halves. The first subsample (n1 = 298) was used to identify the underlying facets of sejahtera living, while the other half (n1 = 298) served as the sample for a cross-validation procedure. The respondents filled out an online questionnaire containing 50 items that measured the prevalence of sejahtera living. Descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis were used to address the two research objectives. Results showed that students’ reports of experiencing sejahtera living varied across items. The exploratory factor analyses, with principal axis factoring and the Promax rotation procedure, extracted five strong and reliable factors that explain the inter-correlations among items. The five-factor solution was supported by the results of a parallel analysis. As expected, the underlying facets of sejahtera living were factors associated with the preservations of faith (alDin), life (al-Nafs), intellect (al-Aql’), property (al-Mal) and progeny (al Nasl). The findings contribute to our current limited understanding about Muslim students’ sejahtera living, which would lead up to policy formulation and intervention.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Subjects:	BPL Islamic education > BPL27 Aims and objectives of education. Sustainable education
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Education > Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling Kulliyyah of Education > Department of Social Foundations & Educational Leadership Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Quantity Surveying
Depositing User:	PROF SAHARI NORDIN
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2023 17:08
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2023 17:08
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/102472

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