Lembaga Tabung Haji Malaysia as a showcase of successful management model for Islamic institutions

Lembaga Tabung Haji Malaysia has successfully taken steps as the ideal hajj management institution in the world besides becoming one of the biggest financial and investment institutions in Malaysia with high reputation and achievements in various sectors of the economy. Tabung Haji has proven its success by gaining recognitions for its comprehensive and excellent services. As an excellent organization, Tabung Haji becomes the prime choice for Muslims and a model for others. The Malaysian model of hajj organization is also viewed as the benchmark for Muslim countries. Therefore, this study examines major factors that contribute to Tabung Haji’s success and the reputation that it has maintained outside the country to the extent of being a role model for other Muslim countries. The documentation of this Malaysian model and the successful historiography of Tabung Haji in building its reputation as a modern Islamic economic institution and world class modern hajj establishment is the primary objective of the study. The study arrived to the conclusions that there are many correlational factors that contributed to the success of the board today as the best hajj management institution in the world and the premiere Islamic financial institution in Malaysia, owned and managed by Muslim. A key factor of its success is due to the vigorous support from the council of rulers, government, other parties and Malaysian Muslims in running its function and its purposes of establishment. Besides, Tabung Haji’s act of establishment and a systematic structure of administration measures adopted by the board that obtained international recognitions have become a catalyst to the success of the hajj organization in its field of concentration today. Tabung Haji’s best practise of hajj management and innovations towards the hajj institution in Malaysia among other, contributed to the achievements of the corporation at home and abroad.