Islamic Economy Is Accompanied by Ethics, Justice, and Resurrection
Islamic economy is one that is accompanied by ethics, justice and the Resurrection, a member of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council said.
Delivering a speech on “The Concept of Islamic Economy in View of Imam Reza (AS)”, Dr Hassan Rahimpour-Azghadi added that differences between Islamic and western economics are more manifested in the fields of epistemology and anthropology.
“One of the starting points in speaking about the differences between economic schools is the relation between ‘what is’ and ‘what should be’,” said the scholar.
He noted that in liberalist and communist economics, it is said that ethics has no place in economics and that talking about role of religion and ethics in economics is in contradiction to the scientific dimension of economics.
“When Descartes mentioned the distinction between ‘object and subject, when Kant claimed that no one can argue for or against non-empirical concepts through logical reason, and when Hume presented his theory of uncertainty, the asymmetrical development between form and content took shape in economics.”
He further said there are Hadiths by Imam Reza (AS) that can provide an outline of Islamic economics. “One of the fundamental issues in the school of Imam Reza (AS) is that no one is the true possessor of anything but all possessions are conditional and the true possessor of everything is God.”
Rahimpour-Azghadi said this position is in contrast to the view of liberal-capitalist school of economy that says man is in absolute possession of not only himself but also things and phenomena that are the outcome of his efforts.
He quoted Imam Reza (AS) as saying that people are not even in possession of their lives and therefore no one is allowed to commit suicide.
The scholar went on to say that the theme and addressee of Islamic economics is mankind who has Fitrat (nature) and does not have possession even over himself.
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“One of the starting points in speaking about the differences between economic schools is the relation between ‘what is’ and ‘what should be’,” said the scholar.
He noted that in liberalist and communist economics, it is said that ethics has no place in economics and that talking about role of religion and ethics in economics is in contradiction to the scientific dimension of economics.
“When Descartes mentioned the distinction between ‘object and subject, when Kant claimed that no one can argue for or against non-empirical concepts through logical reason, and when Hume presented his theory of uncertainty, the asymmetrical development between form and content took shape in economics.”
He further said there are Hadiths by Imam Reza (AS) that can provide an outline of Islamic economics. “One of the fundamental issues in the school of Imam Reza (AS) is that no one is the true possessor of anything but all possessions are conditional and the true possessor of everything is God.”
Rahimpour-Azghadi said this position is in contrast to the view of liberal-capitalist school of economy that says man is in absolute possession of not only himself but also things and phenomena that are the outcome of his efforts.
He quoted Imam Reza (AS) as saying that people are not even in possession of their lives and therefore no one is allowed to commit suicide.
The scholar went on to say that the theme and addressee of Islamic economics is mankind who has Fitrat (nature) and does not have possession even over himself.
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