Protecting children from labour: Muslim scholar’s viewpoint and legal provisions in selected Muslim countries

• Main Authors: Mohd, Azizah, Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Amuda, Yusuf Jelili, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
• Subjects: K Law (General); KBP Islamic Law; KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/61055/1/Advanced%20Science%20Letters%2C%20Azizah%2C%20Nik%20et%20al%20vol%2023%2C%20July%202017.docx; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61055/3/61055_Protecting%20children%20from%20labour_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61055/; https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.9215

Protection of children from labour in Islam is basically based on the general purposes of Islamic law (maqasid al-Shari’ah) as well the spirit of the Shari’ah i.e., securing benefit to the mankind and removing harm from occurring on the people. This paper seeks to examine among others the contempora...