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Islamization of Economics: Concept and Plan تحقيق إسلامية علم الاقتصاد : المفهوم والمنهج

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  • Muhammad Anas Zarka

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

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Is it possible to establish an «Islamic» economics? Does that imply a denial of the existence of universal economic regularities «laws» that are valid across different social systems? This papers probes these two questions and demonstrates that: (a) Even though a science is generally identified by the positive (descriptive) statements it is able to establish, there are nonetheless basic aspects of each science (particularly social sciences such as economics) that had to be based on prior «values». (b) Even though textual sources of Islamic shariah (law) have largely normative content, they nonetheless contain significant positive assertions about economic life. Traditional economics may thus be Islamized when: (a) these inescapably normative aspects in it are replaced by Islamic ones, and (b) one adds to the traditional economics positive assertions those Islamic assertions that are stated or implied by shariah. The paper also examines the relation of Islamic economics to fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and discusses a plan for Islamizing economics. هل يمكن أن ينشأ علم اقتصاد يصح وصفه بأنه إسلامي؟ وهل يعني ذلك إنكار وجود سنن ( قوانين ) اقتصادية عالمية شاملة لجميع النظم الاجتماعية؟ يسعى البحث للإجارة المتعمقة عن هذين السؤالين من خلال : أ‌) بيان أنه على الرغم من أن العلم عموماً يتميز بمقولاته الوصفية أي (القوانين) التي يتوصل إليها، إلا أن هناك جوانب أساسية من كل علم (وبخاصة العلوم الاجتماعية ومنها الاقتصاد) لا مفر لأي باحث أن يستند فيها لقيم سابقة. ب‌)أن نصوص الشريعة الإسلامية على الرغم من أنها أساساً مصدر للقيم لكنها كثيراً ما تنطوي على مقولات وصفية عن الحياة الاقتصادية. فإذا استبدلنا بالقيم التي لا بد أن يستند إليها علم الاقتصاد ( المذكورة في: أ) قيما إسلامية، وأضفنا إلى المقولات الوضعية التي توصل إليها هذا العلم حتى الآن المقولات المذكورة في (ب)، يمكننا حينئذ أن ننشئ علم اقتصاد إسلامي. كما يوضح البحث العلاقة بين علم الاقتصاد الإسلامي والفقه ويناقش خطة عمل مقترحة لتحقيق إسلامية علم الاقتصاد.

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  • Muhammad Anas Zarka, 1990. "Islamization of Economics: Concept and Plan تحقيق إسلامية علم الاقتصاد : المفهوم والمنهج," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 2(1), pages 3-42, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:2:y:1990:i:1:no:8:p:3-42
    DOI: 10.4197/islec.2-1.8
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