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Financial Intermediation in an Islamic Economy الوساطة المالية في الاقتصاد الإسلامي

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  • SAMI IBRAHIM AL-SWAILIM

    (Economic Consultant , Research Center, Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corp. Riyadh)

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This paper examines the nature of bank financial intermediation in an Islamic economy. It concludes that for such intermediation to be optimal, is should be based on bank's agency relationship (e.g. wakalah, mudarabah, musharakab) with both sides: savers (surplus units) and businessmen (deficit units). In theory, such model of banking achieves an optimal level of efficiency and profitability. In comparison, traditional model of banking (based on debt on both sides) is more vulnerable to disturbances, and attains a lower level of profitability. The common model of existing Islamic banks (based on murabaha on the asset side) on the other hand, is less efficient than the proposed model. The paper also compares Islamic intermediation with the ordinary trading, and outlines the differences between them. تهدف هذه الورقة إلى تحديد طبيعة عمل المصرف الإسلامي من حيث كونه وسيطاً مالياً بين ذوي الفائض ( المدخرين) وبين ذوي العجز (التجار). وتصل إلى أن علاقة المصرف الإسلامي مع كلا طرفي الوساطة ينبغي أن تكون قائمة على عقود النيابة ( الوكالة ، المضاربة ، المشاركة) لكي تحقق الوساطة المالية المستوى الأمثل . وتقارن الورقة هذا النموذج بالنموذج التقليدي ( الوساطة القائمة على ا لقرض الربوي) ، والنموذج الشائع للمصارف الإسلامية ( الوساطة القائمة على المرابحة). وتخلص إلى أن النموذج المقترح يفضل كلا النموذجين ، فهو أكثر ربحية من النموذج التقليدي ، وأكثر كفاءة من النموذج الشائع. كما تحدد الورقة الفروق بين المصرف الإسلامي وبين التاجر ، وحدود عمل كل منها .

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  • Sami Ibrahim Al-Swailim, 1998. "Financial Intermediation in an Islamic Economy الوساطة المالية في الاقتصاد الإسلامي," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 10(1), pages 89-115, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:10:y:1998:i:1:no:14:p:89-115
    DOI: 10.4197/islec.10-1.14
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