Economic Guidelines In The Quran

In its bid to provide a sound, healthy and balanced orientation to human life, Islam accords rightful importance to all aspects of human activity including the economic. Significantly enough, Islam exhibits no trace of that unwarranted spiritual exuberance that would prompt it to look upon wealth contemptuously as too profane to deserve its due attention. On the contrary, it declares that God has made wealth a support for men (Qur’an 4:5), which clearly reflects Islam’s recognition of the importance of economic resources for man’s well-being. The present book is addressed to the needs of the economists who are interested in having access to the guidelines that the Qur’an can offer them in the field of their concerns. Since a majority of economists is not proficient in Arabic, it is hoped that the present work, being in English, will be of substantial help to them. While preparing this work the author has kept in view the major economic subjects and their sub-classifications. He also attempted to derive and identify not only the essential economic principles expounded in the Qur’an, but also the norms of economic behavior and the principles that could guide and regulate the functioning of economic institutions in an Islamic state.

This Book Explains The Islamic View Of The Economy And Its Objective, How To Own Property And Increase It, Hoe To Spend And Dispose Of It, How To Distribute The Wealth Amongst The Citizens In Society And How To Establish A Balance Within It. It Its Credit, Has Created Amongst Muslims A Great Awareness Of The Economic System In Islam. Contents Covers- 1. Introduction To Economic System, 2. Economy, 3. Types Of Ownership- Private Ownership, 4. The First Means Of Ownership: Work (`Amal), 5. The Work Of The Employee, 6. The Second Means Of Ownership, 7. The Third Means Of Ownership, 8. The Fourth Means Of Ownership, 9. The Fifth Means Of Ownership, 10. The Way To Dispose Of Property, 11. Trading And Manufacturing, 12. The Laws Of Partnership (Companies), 13. Capitalist Companies, 14. The Prohibited Methods Of Increasing Ownership, 15. Right Of Disposal To Spend In Gifts And Maintenance, 16. Public Property (Al-Milkiyyah Al-Ammah), 17. State Property, 18. Nationalised Property Is Neither Public Nor State Property, 19. Secluding (Hima) The Public Benefits/Utilities, 20.Bfactories, 21. Bait Ul Mal (The State Treasury), 22. Distributing Wealth Among The Peoplpe, 23. Riba And Currency Exchange, 24. Money/Currencies (An-Nuqood), 25. Foreign Trade

What kind of economic policy package do Islamic teachings imply? This book seeks to answer this and other related questions.

This book provides an introduction to the vision of an economic system based completely on the Holy Qur’an—a system defined as a collection of institutions, representing rules of behavior, prescribed by Allah for humans, and the traditions of the Messenger. The authors argue that the main reason for the economic underperformance of Muslim countries and their economies has been non-compliance with the prescribed rules of behavior. Rule non-compliance has been chiefly due to the failure of Muslims to comprehend the Metaframework of the Qur’an and the Archetype Model of the Prophet Mohammad and interpret them in ways compatible with their own generation and time. Askari and Mirakhor believe these rules (institutions), properly adapted to prevailing conditions present what they consider as an ideal economic system.

Since the financial crisis of 2007/2008, a renewed discussion on the ethics and finance is being examined from different dimensions – finance for good society, responsible finance, ethical finance, financial crimes, and financial repression. The principal objective of this Handbook on Ethics of Islamic Economics and Finance is to provide a deeper understanding of the ethical underpinning of Islamic economics and finance. The reader will notice that the Handbook reflects a diversity of views on the subject of economic and business ethics in Islam across the intellectual spectrum of Muslim thought over the globe. Handbook attempts to find answers to some questions concerning the definition and characteristics of the ethical system in Islam. What is its goal and how do its rules and practices ensure welfare for individuals and society? Are the moral principles universal and invariable or do they change and adapt with the social changes of communities and progress in science and technology? Is the present generation accountable for the welfare of future generations? Where is the boundary between law and ethics and who guarantees their adoption and implementation?

øHandbook on Islam and Economic Life is a unique study, one of the first of its kind to consider Islam within a broader economic sphere. Covering a wide breadth of topics and research, it explores how Islam impinges upon and seeks to shape major aspect

Studies conducted in the field of Islamic economics lose their relevance over time. Works examining Islamic economics since the 1970s have been co-opted by the existing economic system and have become limited to a large extent, as they are now only concerned with financial transactions. In fact, ""Islamic economics"" as a concept should actually be conceptualized as an alternative economic system. However, because of the financial and commercial transactions implemented in daily economic life ...