FIQH UNDERSTANDING AT FLOOD RELIEF CENTERS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY IN TEMERLOH AND MARAN DISTRICT, PAHANG

At the end of 2014, malaysia was hit by an extraordinary and massive flood which affected mainly on its east coast region. the victims, who accounted as more than two hundred thousand people were rescued and placed at flood relief centers. at the relief centres, there were a lot of situations that related closely to fiqh discipline such as ritual purity, method in performing prayers, mixing and mingling between men and women, islamic funeral the rulings on lost property and the awareness to refer unresolved issues to experts. in order to determine if the evacuees have good fiqh understanding upon these issues, an exploratory quantitative study had been conducted among 18 respondents using questionaires. the researchers used convenience sampling method at the district of maran and temerloh. as a result, they found the respondent had high level of fiqh understanding with overall min value 3.87.