Exploring Interactions between Awqāf and Digital Data

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the interactions between the phenomena of awqāf and digital data through exploratory research that is conducted in this occasion on an unaddressed topic. The study sheds light on the structural phenomena that digital transformation imposes on life in all its aspects beyond the prevailing approach that deals with technique in terms of advantages and disadvantages. The study is inspired by the modeling of natural systems, an analytical framework to provide a basis for the interaction between awqāf and digital data in terms of the balance between efficiency and resilience, in addition to a prospective model based on the distinction between open and closed systems: reliance on knowledge generates open systems through a multitude of bifurcations, while reliance on technique alone creates closed systems that lead to self-destruction. Despite the huge media hype in social networks, digital data should not replace interactions in the natural ecosystems that awqāf have sustained over the centuries by fulfilling the rights of God and those of living creatures. Keywords: Awqāf, Data, Digital Transformation, Efficiency and Resilience, Open and Closed Systems