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This research aims to address the history of development of Islamic business law (fiqh al muamalat) in Indonesia during sultanate era, colonialism, post-independence, and post-Suharto. Critical qualitative research with the intellectual history approach is used to explore the data in documents (i.e. books) were published. All long, the development of sharia economy in Indonesia after 1990 can not separate from the intellectual history facts where fiqh, especially fiqh al muamalat has been playing as main social-historical role in Indonesian society. To give an instance, the Aceh Sultanate used kitab Mirat al Tullab by Abd Al-Rauf Al Sinkili for the economy and business act. The key findings of research are: first, selected bibliography on fiqh al muamalat which represents three periods of Indonesia namely pre independence with a total of 12 books, post independence with a total 13 books and post Suharto until 2017 with a total 105 books. Second, there is a publishing surge on fiqh al muamalat books in post Suharto stimulated by freedom of expression during reformation era. The freedom of expression created a channel for some intellectual and muslim authors to write books, especially in this context to boost the development of sharia economy where is in need many references.