Assessment in Islamic Perspective: Balancing Knowledge, Intention Character, and Accountability

Abstract

The said paper regarding the assessment in Islamic perspective:  Balancing Knowledge, Character and Accountability.  Further the assessment in Islamic education extends beyond measuring cognitive achievement; it incorporates a holistic framework that emphasizes intellectual development (ʿilm), moral character (akhlāq), intention (niyyah), and accountability (muḥāsabah).  That is rooted on the principals of fairness, ethics and justice. The Islamic assessment cultivates the academic competency and spiritual competency in the learner and teacher.  The present study is qualitative and thematic analysis approaches were used, while taking the faculty from Islamic studies department of Higher educational instructions. The senior academia with more than ten years of teaching experience with the doctorate of education was taken for the opinion. The findings, underscore the reforms of the capacity building, development of the framework on the research issue were proposed and further it was recommended that, the Islamic vision need to align with the holistic human development.