Exploring Entrepreneurship Theories Within Religious Perspective Based on al-Kutub al-Tis’ah: A Proposed Model

Abstract

Entrepreneurship agenda is an important agenda and one of the areas that can generate a country's economy. Previous study of entrepreneurship focuses on economic, psychological, cultural and social perspectives. However, entrepreneurship in a religious perspective still gives less emphasis. Therefore, this study will fill the gap by exploring the phenomenon of entrepreneurship from a religious perspective based on the hadith of Prophet PBUH. The specific goals are 1) to identify and collect the entrepreneurship substance in al-Kutub al-Tis’ah; 2) to explore the relation between selected substance and entrepreneurship phenomenon; 3) to segregate those substance into relevant disciplines in entrepreneurship. Qualitative research will be employed to achieve the mentioned objective. The narratives that explained the phenomenon were sought from the stories text hadith which also helped to increase the understanding of the entrepreneurship phenomenon. This also includes a model conceptual framework of entrepreneurship based on the relationship between individual, society, environment and Allah. This study is expected to fill up the gap in entrepreneurship from the perspective of Islam. In addition to being a catalyst for entrepreneurial development towards complementing and enriching existing theories and practices.