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An Approach to Economic Rules through the Maxims of Fiqh المدخل إلى القواعد الاقتصادية من خلال القواعد الفقهية

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  • Seif el-Din Ibrahim Tag al-Din

    (Professor of Islamic Economics)

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This article aims to discuss the economic rule proposed by Zarqa to help distinguish Shariah-compliant financial debts from ribā-based debts with the aim of monitoring Islamic finance that mainly benefits Shariah-compliant debts. The article focuses on two main questions: (1) to what extent the Zarqa rule achieves the purpose for which it was designed and (2) whether or not Islamic finance needs other economic rules to better contain it in terms of economic performance, Shari'ah compliance and financial quality. This article highlights some aspects of Zarqa's proposed rule that need to be examined more closely and concludes by proposing an alternative approach to economic rulemaking through economically-lodged fiqh maxims. This idea is particularly suited to the rule "kharāj bil-ḍamān", which opened up vast horizons of knowledge, with a scope that reached as far as the early European Renaissance. In order to propose this approach, it appeared necessary first to answer the fundamental question of what difference an economic rule is likely to make to existing Shari'ah criteria and ancestral fiqh maxims, as well as other related questions. يهدف هذا المقال لمناقشة القاعدة الاقتصادية التي بادر باقتراحها أستاذنا الجليل محمد أنس الزرقاء لتمييز المُداينات الشرعية عن التمويل الربوي، ومن ثم المساهمة في ضبط المسار الاقتصادي العام للتمويل الإسلامي الذي يستربح غالبًا من المُداينات الشرعية. وتتركز هذه المناقشة على محورين أساسيين: (1) مدى كفاية قاعدة الزرقاء للهدف الذي وضعت من أجله (2) مدى الحاجة إلى وضع قواعد اقتصادية أخرى قد تحتاجها المسيرة المالية الإسلامية لضبط أدائها شرعًا واقتصادًا، ورفع مستوى الجودة فيها. وعليه، تم تسليط الضوء على بعض الجوانب التي تحتاج لمزيد من التدقيق في قاعدة الزرقاء المقترحة، ثم خلصت المناقشة إلى اقتراح مدخل بديل لتطوير القواعد الاقتصادية من خلال قواعد فقهية معبأة اقتصاديًا، خصوصًا قاعدة "الخراج بالضمان" التي فتحت آفاقًا واسعة من العلم حتى بلغ مداها علماء الكنيسة (المدرسيين) خلال عهد النهضة الأوربية الأولى. ولتقديم هذا المدخل البديل كان لا بد من مناقشة السؤال المبدئي عن طبيعة الإضاءة التي يمكن أن تعطيها القاعدة الاقتصادية وليست متيسرة في المعايير الشرعية المتداولة أو القواعد الفقهية الموروثة، وما يتفرع عن ذلك من أسئلة.

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  • Seif el-Din Ibrahim Tag al-Din, 2022. "An Approach to Economic Rules through the Maxims of Fiqh المدخل إلى القواعد الاقتصادية من خلال القواعد الفقهية," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 35(3), pages 103-111, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:35:y:2022:i:3:no:7:p:103-111
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.35-3.7
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    Keywords

    Shariah debts; Zarqa's economic base; Kharaj with guarantee المُداينات الشرعية، قاعدة الزرقا الاقتصادية، الخراج بالضمان;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G29 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Other
    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General

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