Transformation of Siyāsah Shar’iyyah: An Islamic Political Ethical Framework for Mitigating the Pathologies of Digital Power

Hisbullah Hisbullah (Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar, Indonesia)
Abdul Syatar (Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar, Indonesia)
Mowafg Masuwd (3University of Zawia, Libya)

DIKTUM: JURNAL SYARIAH DAN HUKUM
Vol. 24 No. 2 (2026): DIKTUM: Jurnal Syariah dan Hukum

Background:  The ongoing digital transformation in global political governance has exacerbated systemic vulnerabilities, including algorithmic manipulation, information asymmetry, and data opacity, which fundamentally challenge the efficacy of conventional public accountability mechanisms and the moral integrity of state officials. Although discourse on Islamic political ethics has expanded significantly, contemporary literature remains confined within theological-moralistic generalizations and often falls short of formulating technical-specific solutions to the complexities of digital disruption that mainstream secular governance theories have yet to address exhaustively. Purpose:   this research analyzes how core Islamic ethical principles—such as justice (‘adl), trust (amānah), accountability (mas’ūliyyah), transparency (shafāfiyyah), and public welfare (maṣlaḥah)—function as binding moral-legal standards for public office. Methods:  This research fills this crucial gap by employing a normative qualitative approach that operationalizes Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah as the primary axiological framework to reformulate digital rights and obligations through the crystallization of the principles of Shafāfiyyah and Amānah within the domain of digital welfare (al-maslahah al-raqmiyyah) Results:   Research findings indicate that Islamic political ethics reconfigures public authority as a divinely witnessed mandate, wherein digital transparency is operationalized as a mandatory manifestation of spiritual and legal accountability or mas’ūliyyah to mitigate the abuse of discretion and structural corruption in cyberspace. Implication:  The study argues that Islamic political ethics offers an integrative governance model capable of addressing structural corruption and restoring public trust in state institutions within contemporary Muslim societies. Originality:  This study concludes that this integrative governance model offers an institutional restructuring framework capable of transforming individual moral values into digital codes of ethics and formal regulations, while simultaneously restoring public trust through the reinforcement of structural integrity in Muslim-majority countries during the digital era.