https://gaexcellence.com/irjsmi/issue/feed INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF SHARIAH, MUAMALAT AND ISLAM (IRJSMI) 2025-07-02T11:25:11+08:00 Open Journal Systems <p>The <strong>International Research Journal of Shariah, Muamalat and Islam (IRJSMI) </strong>is published by <strong>Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd (GAE)</strong> to serve academicians a platform of sharing and updating their knowledge and research outputs as well as information within the sphere of shariah, muamalat and islam. <strong>International Research Journal of Shariah, Muamalat and Islam (IRJSMI) </strong>invites researchers, academicians, practitioners and students for the submission of articles either in English or Malay. The publication for this refereed journal are<strong> quarterly (March, June, September and December).</strong> This journal uses <strong>double</strong>-<strong>blind review</strong>, which means that both the <strong>reviewer</strong> and <strong>author identities</strong> are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity.</p> https://gaexcellence.com/irjsmi/article/view/5525 FACTORS THAT WILL IMPACT THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S DECISION TO SELECT MOSQUE AS A SOCIOECONOMIC LOCATION 2025-07-02T11:25:11+08:00 Muhammad Amir Zuhdi Abdullah amirzuhdiabdullah00@gmail.com Muhammad Saiful Islam Ismail saifulislam@uitm.edu.my Noor Syahidah Mohamad Akhir noorsyahidah9177@uitm.edu.my <p style="text-align: justify;">Mosques are known as places where Muslims gather to worship. Since the era of Islamic greatness, which is the era of the reign of the Prophet, The Rashidun Caliphate and the Bani Abbasid, the mosque has been made into a place with various functions such as a place to study, a library, business of buying and selling and including matters of state management are done in the mosque. However, there are several aspects that can be detected in previous studies indicated a lack of studies regarding the focus, which is choosing mosque as socioeconomics destination. Hence, this article aimed to construct the conceptual framework in related with the factors influencing the decision of the Muslim community in choosing Al-Busyra mosque in Merbok as a socioeconomics destination. A quantitative approach was employed in this study by focusing on developing conceptual framework that based on independent variables (i.e. demographic factors, religious obligation, social influence, attitude, and awareness) towards dependent variable (choosing MSD). This framework was developed based on Theory Reason Action (TRA). This research complements the conceptual contribution by adding a new knowledge in understanding the factors that influence Muslim community choosing mosque as socioeconomics destination. Therefore, this contribution will bring benefit for academic literature, develop more about this research that can open mind for Muslim community, as well as to the authority in empowering the mosque as a socioeconomic destination.</p> 2025-06-30T00:00:00+08:00 Copyright (c) 2025 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF SHARIAH, MUAMALAT AND ISLAM (IRJSMI)