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Islamic Banks: Concept Precept and Prospect المصاريف الإسلامية : المبدأ والتصور والمستقبل

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  • MUHAMMAD NEJATULLAH SIDDIQI

    (Professor of Economics Centre for Research in Islamic Economics King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia)

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The paper emphasizes the role of Islamic banks as financial intermediaries and the importance of financial intermediation for society. It argues that Islamic banks’ entering directly into trade, industry and agriculture, etc. is not beneficial because it means leaving the role of financial intermediation for others. The paper discusses the non-pure forms of financial intermediation (which are currently practiced through traditional Islamic contracts like sale on deferred payment, salam, istisna` and leasing). It regards these to be useful for Islamic banks provided they are adapted on the pattern of two-tier mudaraba, without the banks courting directly the risks involved in trade or industry. The paper finds that preserving financial intermediation is in the public interest. Public interest also calls for greater cooperation between Islamic banks and improvements in accounting practices. تؤكد الورقة على دور المصارف الإسلامية كوسيط مالي وعلى أهمية الوساطة المالية للمجتمع وتبرهن على أن دخول المصارف الإسلامية مباشرة في نشاطات التجارة والصناعة والزراعة .. الخ لا جدوى منه لأنه يعني أنها تترك وظيفة الوساطة المالية لغيرها . ثم تتعرض الورقة للوساطة المالية غير الخالصة ( وهي تتم حالياً من خلال العقود الإسلامية التقليدية كالبيع بثمن آجل والسلم والاستصناع والإجارة) وترى أنها في صالح المصارف الإسلامية إذا كانت بطريقة المضارب يضارب بدون أن تلجأ تلك المصارف إلى الخوض في المخاطر المتعلقة بالتجارة أو الصناعة ... الخ وترى الورقة المحافظة على الوساطة المالية هو أمر تقتضيه المصلحة العامة التي تقتضي أيضاً التعاون بين المصارف الإسلامية وتحسين الإجراءات المحاسبية.

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  • Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi, 1998. "Islamic Banks: Concept Precept and Prospect المصاريف الإسلامية : المبدأ والتصور والمستقبل," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 10(1), pages 43-59, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:10:y:1998:i:1:no:9:p:43-59
    DOI: 10.4197/islec.10-1.9
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