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A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE OF WASIYYAH

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RABIA’ TUN A’DAWIAH ABDUL GHANI

2006862480

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

(HONS) ISLAMIC BANKING

UN I VERS IT! TEKNOLOCrl MARA

FACULTY OF

BUSINESS

MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI

TEKNOLOGI

MARA

23000

DUNGUN TERENGGANU

BACHELOR

OF BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION (HONS)

ISLAMIC BANKING BM229

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A’DAWIAH ABDUL

GHANI (2006862480)

Date: 06 NOVEMBER 2008

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to examine the knowledge of lecturers at UiTM Dungun about Wasiyyah included the general knowledge of Wasiyyah, specific knowledge on pillars of Wasiyyah and also the current practices of Wasiyyah in Malaysia today. It is commonly believe that, Muslim assumes that the law of inheritance (faraidh) is the perfect mechanism in wealth distribution after one’s death. However, Wasiyyah actually is essential to ensure the priority of any individual is upheld. The finding of this study show that the majority of lecturers are alert and familiar with the term Islamic will or Wasiyyah but they only expert on basic knowledge. When explore more detail about Wasiyyah and current practices of wasiyyah, they have no clear idea or understanding about it. This paper attempts to explore into the definition of wasiyyah, its benefit and general principles of wasiyyah. This paper also describes wasiyyah management practice in Malaysia today. Other than that, the result from this study most of lecturers has little knowledge about Wasiyyah because of poor knowledge dissemination or promotion. Finally, the researcher makes a conclusion and recommendation by providing a few suggestions to enhance the knowledge amongst lecturers.

TAELE GE CONTENT

Chapter Page

DECLARATION OF WORK LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENT LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF ABREVIATIONS ABSTRACT

Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Definition 1

1.2 Background of Study 2

1.3 Problem Statement 3

1.4 Objectives of Study 3

1.5 Scope of Study 4

1.6 Limitation of study 4

1.7 Organization of Study 4

Chapter Two Literature Review

2.1 introduction 6

2.2 Definition of Knowledge 8

2.3 Sources of Kn-cwledg® Management System 13 2.4 Baste Knowledge

2.5 A Practical Way to Measure a Person’s

14

Knowledge 15

2.6 Wasiyyah 18

Chapter Three Research Methodology

3.1 Introduction 27

3.2 Theoretical Framework 27

3.3 Explanations of Variable 28

3.5 Research Question 28

3.6 Data Collection Method 29

Chapter Four Finding and Analysis 4.1 introduction

4.2 Frequency Distribution Analysis 4.3 Response Rat® and Usable Data 4.4 Result and Discussion Research

Question One

4.5 Result and Discussion Research Question Two

4.3 Result and Discussion Research Question Three

4.7 Chi-Square Test

4.8 Chi-Square Test For Benefit Of Wasiyyah 4.9 Chi-Square Test For Knowledge In

Preparing Wasiyyah

4.10 Chi-Square Test For Current Practices Of Wasiyyah

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Chapter Five Conclusion and Recommendation 5.1 Introduction

5.2 Research Result and Finding 5.3 Recommendation

5.4 Appendices

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