Information Technology Approach in the Study of Islamic Law

Abstract

This paper discusses the relationship between Islamic law and the use of information technology. This research is a literature study with data source in the form of documentation. The results of the study show that information disclosure in society is due to the growing sophistication of information technology. Everything that happens in parts of the world in a matter of seconds can be known by people in other parts of the world, the openness of Muslims to all information in developing Islamic intellectual treasures. Islamic tradition emphasizes the search for knowledge ('ilm), even in the hadith the search for knowledge is mandatory and required to seek as far as possible to the land of China. Many verses of the Qur'an motivate the importance of science and the development of information technology, including the command to pay attention to what is in the heaven and on the earth (QS. 9:101), the challenge to use technology in exploring the corners of the sky (QS. 55:33), the technology of making the ark by the prophet Noah (QS. 11:38), the creation of heavens and the earth and alternating day and night is a sign for the intelligent (QS. 3:  190).