Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The research articles intended for publication in this Journal should be related to al-Shāfi‘ī Doctrine. Research areas: Beliefs, al-Quran, Ulum al-Quran, al-Hadith, Ulum al-Hadith, Usul al-Fiqh, Qawaid al-Fiqhiyyah, Branch al-Fiqh (Fiqh Ibadat, Muamalat, Akhwal Syakhsiyyah, Jinayat and so on), Morals, Islamic economics, Contemporary Fiqh, Language, Literature, History, Manuscript review, Comparative Mazhab Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah and so on.
• The research articles for this Journal should be original and of good quality.
• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The article should scientifically be genuine, original, focused and intensive.
• The articles should be written either in Malay, English or Arabic language.
• The length of the research articles should be between 20-30 pages.
• The research article should include (an abstract of not more than 300 words) that contains four points: the research problem, objectives, research method and salient research findings. The abstract should be presented in two languages (the original research language and English).
• The article should be using Times New Roman with font 12 (for Malay and English language articles) and Traditional Arabic with font 16 (for Arabic article)
• The article should be single spacing (1.0).
• The article should be written in Microsoft Word.
• Using the transliteration system for Arabic words in Malay and English articles.
• Documentations should follow the International APA system which can be obtained from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.