Attahiru, Mustapha Sidi and Hasan Al-Aidaros, Al-Hasan Mohammed and Md Yusof, Syarifah (2019) The Moderating Role of Hisbah Principles on the Relationship between Islamic Culture and Islamic Business Ethics. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 5 (2). pp. 1478-1498. ISSN 2201-1323

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Abstract

The excessive immorality being played out by businessmen all over the world has become alarming in most communities especially in relation to the masses. This may not be unconnected with a weak practice of Islamic culture in business dealings by some of the traders. This necessitates the need for rules and guidelines for the conduct of businesses to avoid exploitation and people taking advantage of one another. Using Islamic theory, the study aimed at assessing how the Hisbah principles moderate the relationship between Islamic culture of Muslim traders and Islamic Business Ethics (IBE). The study is quantitative in nature and therefore a questionnaire was used for data collection. The data was analysed using PLS-SEM 2.0. Respondents consisted of 155 Muslim traders and 243 customers in Sokoto, Nigeria. Empirically, this paper provides insights on how Hisbah principle moderates the relationship between Islamic culture and Islamic business ethics. The study found that application of Hisbah principles in businesses significantly moderates the relationship between Islamic culture and Islamic business ethics. The study also found that abominable and immoral acts in the businesses occur because of non-application of Hisbah principles in business transactions. The findings suggest that greediness and selfishness is an important factor influencing business ethical judgments. Thus, there is need for effective control based on authentic principles to build a strong economy in the society. The paper contributes to the literature on Islamic business ethics as there was an identified lack of empirical studies that use Hisbah principle as moderator between Islamic culture and Islamic business ethics

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	slamic business ethics, Islamic culture, Hisbah, Traders, Customers
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
Divisions:	Islamic Business School
Depositing User:	Mr. Izhar Hj. Hashim
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2025 11:44
Last Modified:	08 Dec 2025 14:47
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/32602

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