Muhammad Bilal Zafar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4156736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muhammad Bilal Zafar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muhammad Bilal |
| FAMILY NAME | Zafar |
| SIGNATURE | ZAFAR M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Technology Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6329-303X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Zakat and Sustainable Development Goals
This study examines whether Zakat, a mandatory Islamic social finance mechanism, effectively mitigates household food insecurity, thereby contributing to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (Zero Hunger) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Utilizing household-level data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) Survey, integrated with district-level administrative Zakat disbursement records, we assess the impact of…
Happiness, Economic Shocks, and Household Savings
The literature on household saving traditionally emphasizes rational intertemporal choice, yet emerging research indicates that psychological well-being and sudden economic disruptions also critically influence saving decisions. Using cross-sectional data (N ≈ 97,220) from Wave 7 of the World Values Survey spanning 66 countries, this study explores how subjective well-being (happiness) interacts with exposure to economic shocks in shaping househo…
A meta-analytic structural equation model of Halal purchasing behavior
This study extends the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) by integrating religiosity as a key psychological determinant of Halal purchasing behavior. While TPB has proven effective in predicting consumer intention and behavior, it often overlooks culturally embedded variables such as religious belief systems. To address this, we conducted a Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) using data from 42 empirical studies ( N = 13,058), synthe…
Diverging Paths to Well‐Being
This study examines how Islamic Work Ethic (IWE) relates to well‐being among working Muslims, emphasizing the roles of socio‐economic, cultural, and demographic conditions rather than assuming uniform benefits. Using hierarchical mixed‐effects models on 13,561 employed Muslims in 46 countries from the 7th Wave of the World Values Survey (2017–2022), we analyse IWE in relation to five facets of well‐being: happiness, subjective health, freedom of …
Waqf as a socioeconomic institution and its governance and development for welfare and sustainability
This study examines the role of waqf as a socio-economic institution, highlighting its contributions to social welfare, poverty alleviation, and sustainable development. By addressing governance inefficiencies and operational constraints, the paper explores how waqf can serve as a tool for economic empowerment and equitable resource distribution in contemporary societies. A multi-method review was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, analyzing …
Research Trend in Islamic Financial Technology and Blockchain
Blockchain's expansion in the Islamic financial industry has prompted researchers to examine the topic from various angles. Using VOSviewer software, this study focuses on analysing the relevant research and published articles indexed in Scopus by employing bibliometric methodology. The data were obtained from search results of documents indexed by Scopus until 2023. There are 67 publications consisting of 24 book chapters, 18 articles, 11 confer…
Pathways to Economic Resilience
This study provides an examination of the economic diversification efforts in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, employing advanced multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques to offer a more nuanced understanding of these efforts. Utilizing the Global Economic Diversification Index (GEDI) data from 2000 to 2022, the study employs a CRITIC (Criteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation)–TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Prefe…
Waqf over a century
Purpose This study aims to examine the evolution and contemporary relevance of waqf, a traditional Islamic endowment institution, in promoting sustainable development and addressing social challenges. It explores waqf's contributions to social policy, focusing on its potential to bridge resource gaps and foster socioeconomic equity. Design/methodology/approach The research analyzes 722 peer-reviewed articles published between 1914 and 2024 using …
Wealth, Wisdom, and the Will to Protect
This study explores the influence of socioeconomic factors-specifically income, education, and employment status-on environmental protection preferences across 62 developed and developing nations. Using a comprehensive dataset of over 78,000 respondents (World values survey-Wave 7), we examine how variations in socioeconomic status shape environmental perceptions and pro-environmental behaviors. The results reveal that education is a consistently…
Reliability generalization meta-analysis of measuring Islamic work ethic
Religiosity and Islamic work ethic
Message Impartiality in Social Media Discussions
Discourse on social media platforms is often plagued by acute polarization, with different camps promoting different perspectives on the issue at hand—compare, for example, the differences in the liberal and conservative discourse on the U.S. immigration debate. A large body of research has studied this phenomenon by focusing on the affiliation of groups and individuals. We propose a new finer-grained perspective: studying the impartiality of ind…
Wealth, Wisdom, and the Will to Protect
This study explores the influence of socioeconomic factors-specifically income, education, and employment status-on environmental protection preferences across 62 developed and developing nations. Using a comprehensive dataset of over 78,000 respondents (World values survey-Wave 7), we examine how variations in socioeconomic status shape environmental perceptions and pro-environmental behaviors. The results reveal that education is a consistently…
Religiosity and Islamic work ethic
Message Impartiality in Social Media Discussions
Discourse on social media platforms is often plagued by acute polarization, with different camps promoting different perspectives on the issue at hand—compare, for example, the differences in the liberal and conservative discourse on the U.S. immigration debate. A large body of research has studied this phenomenon by focusing on the affiliation of groups and individuals. We propose a new finer-grained perspective: studying the impartiality of ind…
Reliability generalization meta-analysis of measuring Islamic work ethic
Religiosity and Islamic work ethic
Research Trend in Islamic Financial Technology and Blockchain
Blockchain's expansion in the Islamic financial industry has prompted researchers to examine the topic from various angles. Using VOSviewer software, this study focuses on analysing the relevant research and published articles indexed in Scopus by employing bibliometric methodology. The data were obtained from search results of documents indexed by Scopus until 2023. There are 67 publications consisting of 24 book chapters, 18 articles, 11 confer…
Pathways to Economic Resilience
This study provides an examination of the economic diversification efforts in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, employing advanced multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques to offer a more nuanced understanding of these efforts. Utilizing the Global Economic Diversification Index (GEDI) data from 2000 to 2022, the study employs a CRITIC (Criteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation)–TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Prefe…
Waqf over a century
Purpose This study aims to examine the evolution and contemporary relevance of waqf, a traditional Islamic endowment institution, in promoting sustainable development and addressing social challenges. It explores waqf's contributions to social policy, focusing on its potential to bridge resource gaps and foster socioeconomic equity. Design/methodology/approach The research analyzes 722 peer-reviewed articles published between 1914 and 2024 using …
Wealth, Wisdom, and the Will to Protect
This study explores the influence of socioeconomic factors-specifically income, education, and employment status-on environmental protection preferences across 62 developed and developing nations. Using a comprehensive dataset of over 78,000 respondents (World values survey-Wave 7), we examine how variations in socioeconomic status shape environmental perceptions and pro-environmental behaviors. The results reveal that education is a consistently…
Zakat and Sustainable Development Goals
This study examines whether Zakat, a mandatory Islamic social finance mechanism, effectively mitigates household food insecurity, thereby contributing to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (Zero Hunger) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Utilizing household-level data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) Survey, integrated with district-level administrative Zakat disbursement records, we assess the impact of…
Happiness, Economic Shocks, and Household Savings
The literature on household saving traditionally emphasizes rational intertemporal choice, yet emerging research indicates that psychological well-being and sudden economic disruptions also critically influence saving decisions. Using cross-sectional data (N ≈ 97,220) from Wave 7 of the World Values Survey spanning 66 countries, this study explores how subjective well-being (happiness) interacts with exposure to economic shocks in shaping househo…
A meta-analytic structural equation model of Halal purchasing behavior
This study extends the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) by integrating religiosity as a key psychological determinant of Halal purchasing behavior. While TPB has proven effective in predicting consumer intention and behavior, it often overlooks culturally embedded variables such as religious belief systems. To address this, we conducted a Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) using data from 42 empirical studies ( N = 13,058), synthe…
Diverging Paths to Well‐Being
This study examines how Islamic Work Ethic (IWE) relates to well‐being among working Muslims, emphasizing the roles of socio‐economic, cultural, and demographic conditions rather than assuming uniform benefits. Using hierarchical mixed‐effects models on 13,561 employed Muslims in 46 countries from the 7th Wave of the World Values Survey (2017–2022), we analyse IWE in relation to five facets of well‐being: happiness, subjective health, freedom of …
Waqf as a socioeconomic institution and its governance and development for welfare and sustainability
This study examines the role of waqf as a socio-economic institution, highlighting its contributions to social welfare, poverty alleviation, and sustainable development. By addressing governance inefficiencies and operational constraints, the paper explores how waqf can serve as a tool for economic empowerment and equitable resource distribution in contemporary societies. A multi-method review was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, analyzing …
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (7 works) · Halal products and consumer behavior (4 works) · Islam (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Socioeconomic status (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sustainable development (3 works) · Work ethic (3 works)