Vol. 10 | No. 10 | Oct 2015 Social Sciences and Humanities Journal (SSHJ) 13 THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MOULD BASED ON FARDU ‘AYN: A STUDY FROM IBN AL-HAYTHAM’S PERSPECTIVE Mohd Shukri Hanapi Senior Lecturer, Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies (ISDEV), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia E-mail: hshukeri@yahoo.com / hshukri@usm.my Mohd Syahmir Alias Ph.D Student, Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies (ISDEV), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia E-mail: syahsc90@gmail.com Abstract The knowledge on fardu ‘ayn lends basic understanding about Islam. Hence, this paper generally intends to obtain a scientific research mould based on Islamic understanding in order to carry out research on Islam. Specifically, the mould would be examined based on Ibn al-Haytham’s role in scientific research and the analysis carried out from the fardu ‘ayn perspective. This paper had explored the congruency between the role of Ibn al-Haytham’s scientific research and the fardu ‘ayn concept by using the content analysis method. The discussion is divided into three main sections. The first section discusses the fardu ‘ayn concept and its application. The second section examines the role of Ibn al-Haytham’s scientific research, while the third section analyses the congruence of the two previous discussions to build a scientific research mould for studying Islam. The findings showed that three scientific research moulds could be built for conducting research on Islam. The first is tawhid, as the core of the scientific research. The second is fiqh, which creates a scientific research dimension, while the third is morality or akhlaq, which gives life or a positive image to scientific research. Keywords: mould, research, scientific, knowledge, fardu ‘ayn Introduction According to Goldhaber and Nieto (2010:940), the scientific research method is defined as a technique for researching a natural phenomenon in order to obtain new knowledge and to combine or amend previous knowledge. More specifically, the scientific research method is closely related to the definition of science. Science is a research activity that uses a particular method such as an experimental method that strongly emphasises on accuracy during observations. Next, the outcome of the observation needs elaboration using theories that are understood by the most generalised characteristics (Medawar, 1984). This method must now be utilised to justify all the fields of knowledge if that field wishes to achieve universality and be accepted by the global community (Selamat Amir, Mohd Murshidi Mohd Noor & Ahmad Bazli Ahmad Hilmi, 2012:52). From a philosophical aspect, the scientific research method is pivoted on the logical positivism philosophy founded by the Vienna Circle group, which has three basis. The first basis is that knowledge is the core of experiments. The second basis is convention or the order