Ainul Mardhiah, Afrizal
Insurance Perspective of Yusuf Qardhawi and Abdul Wahab Khalaf 1419
were created by Allah SWT as the most perfect creature among other creatures. One of
the differences is that humans are creatures who have a mind that can be used for worship
and can also be used to determine what is good and what is not. Many privileges are
given by Allah SWT to humans, it's just that humans are not aware of and even grateful
for what Allah has given to them. Humans also do not escape from dependence on others
for survival (Musilova, Mulcahy, Kuijk, McLoughlin, & Bowie, 2019). In this modern
era, there have been many changes in the acquisition of models of human behavior, both
in the muammalah and social fields. In the field of muamalah, the shift in the pattern of
agriculture to industry has resulted in the migration of rural residents to cities.
The model change will not only bring benefits, but many problems will arise.
Among them are egoism, materialism and declining morality, which in the end raises
concerns among the public about the security problem of every resident, both in the city
and in the village (Muncy & Eastman, 1998). But every human being has luck in his life.
There is a concept of luck in Islam, in this case it has three dimensions of time, namely
profit in the short term, profit in the medium term and in the long term. Insurance in the
early stages is a form of group that aims to help ease the financial burden of humans in
order to avoid economic difficulties, both education, health and other problems based on
the concept of helping in goodness and piety and providing good protection based on
ukhuwah Islamiyah (Sula & Hill, 2019).
Insurance is a social protection system that guarantees the benefit of the
community which is arranged very neatly based on an agreement to help each other in a
group. The purpose of insurance is to reduce the risk or loss for policyholders who are
open to the possibility of death, injury due to accidents, large trade and corporate losses
and others that may be faced (Sadgrove, 2016).
Insurance according to the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 of 1992 is
an agreement between two or more parties, whereby the insurer binds himself with the
insured, by receiving insurance premiums to provide compensation to the insured due to
loss, damage, or loss of expected profits, or legal liability to third parties that may be
suffered by the insured, arising from an uncertain event or to provide payments based on
the death or life of the insured person (Susyanti, 2016).
In Islamic circles, insurance is considered un-Islamic. People who have insurance
are the same as people who deny His mercy because only Allah SWT determines
everything and determines the sustenance of His servants. People who involve themselves
in this insurance is one of the efforts to face the future of old age (Gorman, 2017).
However, because the issue of insurance is not explicitly explained in the texts, then the
problem is seen as a matter of ijtihad, namely differences of opinion that are difficult to
avoid and these differences of opinion must also be respected (Hasan, 2014).
However, insurance that has just emerged in this contemporary phase, its
presence creates a difference in understanding among scholars (Nafiu, 2012). There are
several scholars who forbid insurance, including Sheikh Yusuf al-Qardawi who forbids
existing insurance, especially life insurance (Ahmad, Khan, Patel, Shehbaz, &
Sharofiddin, 2021). He forbade insurance because he thought that insurance was far from
trade and solidarity with associations (Seyed Mohamed, 2016). Whereas in life insurance,
at least it can be said as a broken contract (Cummins, Smith, Vance, & Vanderhel, 2013).
The reason is because between the two parties there is a common will and already know
each other's advantages are not strong. Abdul Wahab Khalaf is of the opinion that any
form of insurance is a cooperative that is beneficial to the community as long as there is
no usury, the law is halal.
To provide a deeper understanding, in this article the author will discuss the basic
differences between conventional and sharia insurance, insurance in Yusuf Qardawi's