Integrating Islamic Finance into Islamic Education Research Frameworks

Abstract

This article examines the integration of Islamic finance into Islamic education research frameworks as a conceptual response to the growing need for interdisciplinary, ethically grounded, and socially relevant scholarship. Islamic finance is not merely a technical field of banking, investment, or financial contracts, but a moral-economic system rooted in Shariah principles, justice, risk-sharing, and social welfare. Islamic education, meanwhile, aims to cultivate holistic human development through the integration of knowledge, values, spirituality, and social responsibility. Bringing these two fields together allows Islamic finance education to move beyond technical instruction toward a broader research framework that connects financial literacy, ethical formation, curriculum design, institutional development, and community empowerment. Drawing on contemporary literature in Islamic finance, Islamic education, curriculum studies, and interdisciplinary Islamic knowledge, this article argues that Islamic finance should be embedded within Islamic education research as both a subject of study and a practical tool for socio-economic transformation. The discussion highlights three core dimensions: the ethical foundation of Islamic finance education, the role of knowledge integration in research development, and the institutional challenges facing Islamic higher education. The article concludes that integrated frameworks are essential for advancing Islamic finance scholarship and producing socially responsible graduates.