Parental Responsibilities in Supervising Teenagers' Social Interactions: A Review of Islamic Family Law and Its Implications for Moral Formation

Abstract

Free association among adolescents has emerged as a multidimensional social issue, increasingly complex due to globalization, digitalization, and declining moral-spiritual oversight. This study critically examines the phenomenon and formulates a holistic Islamic solution grounded in contemporary and classical perspectives. Employing a qualitative descriptive-analytical approach through systematic literature review, the research integrates developmental psychology, sociology, and Islamic jurisprudence, with analytical framing based on maqāṣid al-syarī‘ah. Findings reveal that free association is not merely individual deviance but a systemic outcome of interacting biological, psychological, social, and digital factors, exacerbated by weakened familial and educational value transmission. The phenomenon generates cascading impacts across individual well-being, social cohesion, and civilizational morality. Consequently, fragmented interventions prove inadequate. This study proposes a comprehensive Islamic framework that synthesizes preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and transformative strategies. The model emphasizes individual character development, family revitalization, educational reform, community reconstruction, and value-based policy integration. Ultimately, sustainable adolescent protection requires recentering Islamic ethical paradigms alongside empirical psychosocial insights to foster moral resilience and spiritual groundedness in contemporary youth.