Guidelines for internal arrangement of Islamic house.

Islamic architecture could not be expressed by the outer looks of the buildings but it is actually the concentration on the interior part as opposed to the exterior or façade of the buildings. Islam is the official religion of Malaysia, however, there are still no specific guidelines for developers to build and design the internal part of houses for Muslim accordingly to Islamic teachings or to their Creator's requirements. The principal aim of this research is to produce basic Islamic guidelines for the developers to build and design the internal part of houses for Muslims in this country. Data was gathered from public, mainly Malaysian Muslims who owned a house or more than a house via questionnaire survey and supplemented by a personal interview with an experienced person from an urban developer company in Kuala Lumpur. The study revealed that several Muslims are still lack of knowledge on the proper Islamic ways or teachings when choosing the design of a house especially the interior part of it. This means that they are unaware on the importance of having the Islamic knowledge of choosing and buying a house or houses accordingly to their Creator's requirements which have been expressly inside the Al-Quran and Sunnah. The research finding concluded that the idea of producing a basic guideline of building a Muslim house accordingly to the Islamic teachings whereby it signifies that it is feasible as Islam is the official religion of Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]