Digital business transformation creates opportunities to improve efficiency and expand access to services, but it does not automatically ensure sustainability or an equitable distribution of benefits. Meanwhile, integrating Islamic economic ethics into business requires translating normative principles into operational decisions that extend beyond formal compliance. This article aims to evaluate the opportunities and tensions associated with technological innovation through the lens of Islamic economic ethics and to formulate a sustainable digital business model framework. The proposed research adopts a qualitative conceptual approach using an integrative literature review design, with systematic literature selection through Scopus and Web of Science. The protocol comprises eligibility criteria, article screening, quality appraisal, data extraction, and deductive–inductive coding to connect value configurations with sustainability objectives. The preliminary conceptual synthesis suggests that technology’s contribution to sustainability depends on alignment among value propositions, value creation and delivery processes, and value capture mechanisms. Justice and public benefit provide an evaluative orientation for examining the distribution of benefits and risks, user protection, and social and environmental responsibility. The proposed contribution is a matrix linking ethical principles, business decisions, governance mechanisms, and evaluation indicators, connecting Islamic ethics with digital business model architecture. This framework offers a theoretical basis for understanding conflicts among sustainability objectives and a practical tool for evaluating innovation decisions. However, the synthesis remains provisional because the final literature corpus and coding results are unavailable. A completed systematic review, indicator validation, and cross-organizational testing are necessary before the framework’s effectiveness can be established
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