Islamic entrepreneurship is gaining momentum in the development of entrepreneurship knowledge and its implication to entrepreneurial activities. In the past years, there has been increasing number of publications on Islamic entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, this area or research remains understudied and empirical evidence is still limited particularly on the critical success factors (CSFs) of Muslim entrepreneurs, the illustration that extends far beyond the worldly affairs. This study intends to provide a thematic review (TR) of the literature on the CSFs related to Islamic entrepreneurship that influence Muslim entrepreneurs’ success in business. Five databases including Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, Science Direct, Dimensions, and Google Scholar were searched under the keywords such as success factors, Muslim entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurship, followed by filtering and selection process resulting in 30 articles eligible to be reviewed. Review of these articles using Atlas.ti8 software identified three main themes describing success factors of Muslim entrepreneurs: (1) entrepreneurs’ characteristics; (2) business factors; and (3) social responsibility. This study contributes to analysing the CSFs of Muslim entrepreneurs from the published articles, hence the avenue for Muslim entrepreneurs to improve the quality of their business performance from the Islamic perspectives, as well as for future studies on Islamic entrepreneurship.
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