The practice of Islamic social entrepreneurship concept among social entrepreneurs in Kedah

Islamic social entrepreneurship (ISE) concept is a composition of the principles in Islamic business and value creation to society. ISE is a concept that can alleviate poverty among society in this country because it creates an opportunities such as job and social welfare for the development of the society.There are among entrepreneurs who practicing business not in line with Shariah. Thus, this study will explore the practices of ISE concept among social entrepreneurs (SE) in Kedah. The practice of ISE are made up of two parts which is self-practice and social practice. This study is done by using qualitative methodology. Six informants, who are the SE in small medium enterprise (SME) and limited company has been interviewed in order to collect the data for this study. Data gathered was analysed using Miles and Huberman analysis. The results on the practice can be divided into two parts which is self-practice and social practice. Self-practice in ISE among the SE are in line with Shariah principle because most of all SE has a knowledge in aqidah, shariah and akhlaq as a Muslim SE. In term of social practice in ISE, limited company give more opportunity to society than SME in term of job opportunities. SE in SME gives more welfare to full fill the basic needs of society. Therefore, this study is hopefully will be able to contribute a better improvement in the practice of ISE, especially in term of social practice among SE in SME type business. It also will be able to help in guiding the SE to become proactive, innovative and creative to give more opportunities for the development of society.