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Priority of Economic-Fiqh Research Co-authorship أولوية البحث المشترك اقتصادًا وفقهًا

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  • Seif el-Din Ibrahim Tag el-Din

    (Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

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In his critical appraisal of the quality of research in Islamic economics, Al-Suhaibani focused on the co-authorship approach with a view to the inability of Arabic research, in general, and Islamic economics, in particular, to reap the fruits of co-authorship which recognizably plays an effective role world-wide in promoting high quality R&D. In order to correct this shortcoming, Al-Suhaibani’s paper probed carefully into factors that seemed to disincentivise co-authorship in Arabic research, thereby proposing commendable solutions and concluding with insightful recommendations to help raise the quality of R&D. Yet, the special issue of incentivising co-authorship in Islamic economics still seems to warrant further consideration. For although the paper rightly confirmed the interdisciplinary nature of Islamic economics in relation to jurisprudence of socioeconomic transactions (i.e., fiqh), and valued the role of economic-jurist co-authored research, it stopped short of explaining why such co-authored works are so scarce in the current literature. We believe the underlying reason relates to an undue divergence between the current interests in Islamic economics and those within fiqh circles. Thus, the present discussion sets out to analyze historical and methodological factors that underly the given divergence. Shedding light on some outstanding commonalities between the received fiqh and the mainstream economics, the discussion re-confirms the vital role of economic-jurist co-authorship in raising the quality of research in Islamic economics in line with Al Suhaibani’s paper. في معرض التقييم الناقد لأسباب تدني جودة البحث العلمي في أدبيات الاقتصاد الإسلامي، ركز السحيباني على ضرورة تمكين الأبحاث العربية عمومًا؛ والاقتصاد الإسلامي خصوصًا، من جني ثمار البحث المشترك كما هو مشهود له عالميًا في رفع مستوى جودة البحث والتطوير العلمي. وفي هذا المسعى، ناقش السحيباني الأسباب المثبطة للبحث المشترك، واقترح لمعالجتها حلولاً جيدة. ثم اختتم ورقته بتقديم عدد من التوصيات الكفيلة برفع جودة البحث والتطوير. لكن مع تأكيد السحيباني حقيقة الاقتصاد الإسلامي كتخصص بيني يجمع بين الاقتصاد وفقه المعاملات، وتثمينه دور البحث المشترك اقتصادًا وفقهًا في الترقي بجودة البحث، فقد توقفت ورقته عن التحري حول سبب ندرة هذا النوع من البحوث المشتركة. والسبب في تقديرنا، يتعلق بمشكلة التباعد غير المبرر في الأدبيات الجارية ما بين دائرة الاهتمام الاقتصادي الإسلامي، ودائرة الاهتمام الفقهي، وتلك هي من أهم أسباب تدني مستوى الجودة العلمية في كلا المجالين. لذا تتوجه هذه الورقة نحو تحليل العوامل التاريخية والمنهجية المسببة لمشكلة التباعد المذكور، وانتقاد أثرها في الممارسة الراهنة، والتوصل إلى طريقة معالجتها. وقد تمخضت هذه المناقشة عن الوقوف على مشتركات منهجية بارزة بين التراث الفقهي وعلم الاقتصاد التقليدي المعاصر، خلافًا لما ذهبت إليه بعض أقلام المعاصرين.

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  • Seif el-Din Ibrahim Tag el-Din, 2021. "Priority of Economic-Fiqh Research Co-authorship أولوية البحث المشترك اقتصادًا وفقهًا," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 34(3), pages 89-99, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:34:y:2021:i:3:no:5:p:89-99
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.34-3.5
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    Keywords

    co-authorship; Islamic Economics; Fiqh; Economic history. التأليف المشترك، الاقتصاد الإسلامي، الفقه، التاريخ الاقتصادي. المنهج الاقتصادي.;
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    • B59 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Other
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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