KEBAJIKAN SOSIAL MASYARAKAT MELAYU-ISLAM TERENGGANU BERDASARKAN NASKHAH ITQAN AL-MULUK BI TA’DIL AL-SULUK, 1881-1918
Abstract: This article
examines the social welfare system of a traditional community in Malaysia. The
analysis focuses on the implementation of selected social welfare components practiced
during the middle in 19th century and early 20th century by the Malay-Muslim
community in Terengganu, with special reference to the Itqan Al-Muluk Bi Ta’dil
Al-Suluk (hereinafter referred to as PT191). Itqan Al-Muluk Bi Ta’dil Al-Suluk was
the Constitution of Terengganu enacted in 1911 in the reign of Sultan Zainal Abidin
III (1881-1918). One of the important findings from the content analysis of the
customary Malay Digest the existence of a formal social welfare structure and mechanism
established in the Islamic Sharia legal system of the state even though the components
were not up to the modern welfare system standards and practices. The findings
prove that a social welfare institution was established by a traditional Malay-Muslim
kingdom or state to guarantee communal well-being.
Kode Jurnal: jpsejarah&umumdd130175
