اسلام کا تصورِ معیشت: قرآن مجید اور احادیث کی روشنی میں

Economy Concept of Islam in the Light of Qur’ān & Ḥadīth

Abstract

Islam is the comprehensive system of life in which there is a beautiful balance of material and spiritual needs, life is incomplete without spirituality and values, history has proved that the ultimate goal of man is neither the acquisition of wealth nor the acquisition of wealth.  What is my ultimate goal in life?  Is it man's purpose to satisfy the needs of animals just by enjoying worldly pleasures?  Or is there a purpose beyond that? In the natural system of distribution of sustenance, man should not interfere with his artificial means.  Turning natural inequality into artificial inequality, or extending this inequality beyond the bounds of nature to the point of injustice, is equally wrong.  A proper economic system is one that is closer to God's way of distributing sustenance.  In a capitalist economy, instead of facilitating the members of human society, individuals continue to exploit society. The vast region of the world is ruled by the capitalist system and the European countries are addicted to this system.  As a result of this economic system, society becomes a victim of unnatural class ups and downs.  This economy has failed to bring prosperity to the human community as a whole.  These days, new scientific inventions have increased the needs of human beings immensely.