Umar Hisham

  Week 4 Reflection: The World, the Earth, and the Idea of Sejahtera 🌍📜 Date: 25 March 2025 Course: SCSH 1201 – Sustainable Development: Issues, Principles and Practices (Section 4) The global community came together over many years to establish the framework of international sustainable development, which we now understand today. The session laid bare the essential connections among world cooperation with political determination and spiritual principles for building a sustainable future for Earth.  We studied the uniquely Malaysian conception of Sejahtera. Sustainable development networks with local values to create a holistic approach that is centred on people and infused with spirituality.  Key Lessons and Takeaways 📝 1. From Stockholm to the SDGs: A Timeline of Global Effort Since 1972 the world has traced international sustainability initiatives through the UN Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm. After 1972 the world community has made ...

Week 3 Reflection: Maqasid al-Shariah and the Heart of Sustainable Development 🌿🕌 Date: 18 March 2025 Course: SCSH 1201 – Sustainable Development: Issues, Principles and Practices (Section 4) This week, Dr. Suhaimi decided to merge Week 2 with Week 3 into a single coherent unit that combined Islamic views about sustainability with the study of Maqasid al-Shariah and its harmonious connection to sustainable development principles. The join between both subjects made complete sense because they represent opposing sides of sustainability, so studying them combined resulted in better comprehension. 🌍✨ Key Lessons and Takeaways 📝 1. What is Maqasid al-Shariah? According to Islamic law, the objectives known as Maqasid al-Shariah aim to defend human welfare through maslahah while protecting against any form of mafsadah. The Islamic faith requires the protection of the five fundamental pillars according to its teachings.  Faith (Din) 🕌 Life (Nafs) 🧍‍♂️ Intellect (‘Aql) 🧠 Weal...

Week 2 Reflection: Islam and Sustainable Development 🌿🕌 Date: 11 March 2025 Course: SCSH 1201 – Sustainable Development: Issues, Principles and Practices (Section 4) Sustainable Development exists as a natural element of Islamic teachings from generations past, according to this week's class knowledge presentation. Different sections of the Quran alongside Hadith texts combined with Islamic principles establish a detailed system that promotes sustainability across environmental, economic and social domains. According to Islamic teaching, sustainable living principles exist through interactions between humans and the environment as well as between society and their management of resources. Key Lessons and Takeaways 📝 1. Islam & Environmental Sustainability Anas reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying,  “Never does a Muslim plant trees, or cultivate land, and birds or a man or a beast eat out of them but that is a charity on his behalf.” T...

Week 1 Reflection: Planting the Seeds of Sustainability 🌱 Date: 4 March 2025 Course: SCSH 1201 – Sustainable Development: Issues, Principles and Practices (Section 4) Our entrance into SCSH 1201 created the feeling of entering a brand new dimension where all actions, no matter their importance, can affect people across diverse generations. ✨ Our first assignment combined a review of a YouTube video with lecture presentation exploration and classroom teamwork through Padlet for the Ta’aruf (Introduction) session. The basic activities revealed the true meaning of sustainable development (SD). Lessons that Stuck with Me Sustainable development represents a concept which enables present needs to be addressed while protecting both present and future access to resources according to the Brundtland Report (1987). 🌍 Sustainability involves much more than embracing trees since it demands that people balance environmental factors with societal development alongside economic stability. T...