Focus and Scope

Al-Wadh’iyyah: Journal of Sharia Law and Legal Studies is a scholarly journal that publishes research findings, conceptual studies, and critical reviews in the fields of Islamic Sharia Law and Islamic Family Law, from both normative-theological and contextual-sociological perspectives. This journal aims to serve as an academic medium that promotes the development of dynamic, solution-oriented, and socially relevant Islamic legal thought in response to the challenges of modern society.

The scope of this journal includes, but is not limited to:
• Classical and contemporary Islamic law
• Usul al-fiqh and legal reasoning methodology (istinbath al-hukm)
• Islamic family law (marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardianship, and maintenance)
• Islamic criminal law
• Civil and economic law in Islam
• Islamic constitutional law and fiqh siyasah (Islamic political jurisprudence)
• Human rights from an Islamic legal perspective
• Gender issues and justice in Islamic law
• Comparative studies between Islamic law and positive law
• Reform of Islamic law and sharia legislation in various countries
• Implementation of Islamic law within national legal systems
• Studies on fatwas, maqasid al-sharia, and contemporary ijtihad

This journal welcomes articles from multidisciplinary approaches—including law, sociology, anthropology, as well as textual and historical studies—to enrich the body of knowledge in Islamic legal scholarship.