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Freedom of property in Islam

الحرية في الأموال

Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn treats freedom of property under four heads: acquiring wealth, its middle course, enjoying it, and aggression against it (p. 62). He holds that the law urges work for a living by any lawful trade that harms no one, and that commerce is blamed only when it distracts from duties (pp. 62-63). He counts crafts and trades among communal obligations and divides people into four classes by their roles: rulers, those who spread knowledge, traders, and craftsmen and farmers (p. 64). He then begins to set out how property passes by contract (p. 65).

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Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn treats freedom in wealth under four heads: acquiring it, the middle way, enjoying it, and aggression upon it 1. The Shari'a urges seeking provision by every lawful work that harms no one; preoccupation with trade is blamable when it distracts from duties, not in itself 1 2. The crafts and industries are communal obligations; society falls into four classes — rulers, people of learning, merchants, and artisans and farmers 3 — and he then details the transfer of wealth.

People and things also explored

Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Bayt al-mal (public treasury)· Causes of ownership· Economic freedom in Islam· Equality in Islam· Freedom in Islam· Freedom of honour in Islam· Rights and duties (huquq wal-wajibat)

Sources

  1. Freedom in Islam — Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn , p. 62
  2. Freedom in Islam — Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn , p. 63
  3. Freedom in Islam — Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn , p. 64
  • The Qur'anic Method in Economics — Ziyadan Abd al-Fattah Qa'dat
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