Zakah and re-distributive justice in Islam
The Islamic framework within which this study examines is the role of Zakah in redistributive justice. To this end, the following relevant topics were aimed to cover. First, "redistributive justice" is conceptualized. Second, to ground this concept the Islamic viewpoints towards redist...
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| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5306 |
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| Summary: | The Islamic framework within which this study examines is the role of
Zakah in redistributive justice. To this end, the following relevant topics
were aimed to cover. First, "redistributive justice" is conceptualized.
Second, to ground this concept the Islamic viewpoints towards
redistribution are highlighted followed by a short discussion on
prominent schools of thought in political philosophy of redistributing
income. Third , important features of the Islamic strategy for the
realisation of the desired pattern of distribution are traced. Fourth, the
core topic of the study is elaborated in which the analysis relies on
tentative results from an empirical study on how much would be the
yield of Zakah in modern economy if it was paid on all kinds of assets
liable to it. Finally, an attempt is made to establish one of the pertinent
conclusions of this study i.e. how Zakah being a collection of
redistributive measures can play an important role in an Islamic
economy. |
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