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Risk-Sharing: The Sole Basis of Islamic Finance? Time for a Serious Rethink المشاركة في المخاطر: الأساس الوحيد للتمويل الإسلامي؟ حان الوقت لإعادة التفكير الجدي في الموضوع

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  • Zubair Hasan

    (Professor Emeritus INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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There has been a misleading revival of an old precept in Islamic finance - ‘no risk, no gain’- in the wake of the global financial crisis that started with the 2007 sub-prime debacle in the US. The recent proponents of the precept argue that the basic reason for the recurrence of such crises is the interest based conventional system of financing because it subsists solely on the transference of risks to counterparties. In contrast, Islam shuns interest and promotes only the sharing of risks, not their transfer. The distinction is used to make a case for replacing the conventional system with the Islamic; for that alone is thought of as the way to ensuring the establishment of a just and stable crisis free economic system. Empirics contending that Islamic banks have faced the current crisis better than the conventional are cited as the supporting evidence. The present paper refutes this line of argumentation and questions its basis and contentions. هناك عودة مضللة لمبدأ قديم في التمويل الإسلامي – لا ربح إلا بالمخاطرة – إحياء في أعقاب الأزمة المالية العالمية التي بدأت مع انهيار سوق الرهن العقاري الثانوي عام 2007م في الولايات المتحدة. ويقول الأنصار الجدد لهذا المبدأ أن السبب الأساسي لتكرار مثل هذه الأزمات هو نظام التمويل التقليدي الربوي لأن استمراره مرهون بنقل المخاطر بين الأطراف المتعاقدة. وفي المقابل، يحرّم الإسلام الفائدة ويعزز - على حد قولهم- فقط تقاسم المخاطر بدلا من نقلها. ويُستخدم هذا التمييز كحجة لرفع قضية حول استبدال النظام التقليدي بالإسلامي. ويُعتقد أن هذا المسار هو السبيل الوحيد لضمان إقامة نظام اقتصادي عادل مستقر وخال من الأزمات. في هذا السياق يُستشهد بالدراسات التجريبية التي تؤكد أن المصارف الإسلامية قد واجهت الأزمة الراهنة أفضل من مثيلتها التقليدية. تدحض هذه الورقة هذا المسار الجدلي وترفض أساسه وادعاءاته.

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  • Zubair Hasan, 2016. "Risk-Sharing: The Sole Basis of Islamic Finance? Time for a Serious Rethink المشاركة في المخاطر: الأساس الوحيد للتمويل الإسلامي؟ حان الوقت لإعادة التفكير الجدي في الموضوع," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 29(2), pages 23-36, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:29:y:2016:i:2:no:2:p:23-36
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.29-2.2
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    Keywords

    Financial crisis; Risk-sharing; Risk-transfer; Islamic banks; ‘No risk; no gain’ precept.;
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    JEL classification:

    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles

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