The Determination of Economic Emergency Threat Escalation from the Perspective of Maqashid Shariah

Abstract

Determining the escalation of economic emergency threats is crucial in maintaining state stability, particularly amidst the dynamic of globalization and the complexity of multidimensional threats. This study examine the concept of the escalation of economic emergency threats based on the maqashid shariah principles as a decision making framework. Employing a normative qualitative approach and a literature review of positive law and maqashid shariah theory, this research finds that maqashid shariah which seeks to protect religion, life, intellect, progeny and property, can serve as the basis for determining threat escalation stages and the need for state intervention needs. Threats to the economic sector that potentially endanger these five principal objectives justify a proportional escalation of emergency status. This study proposes an escalation determination model based on the level of threat to the protection of public interest (maslahah) and prevention of major harm (dar’ al-mafaasid). These findings contribute to strengthening the national early warning system grounded in Islamic values to respond to modern economic threat dynamics.