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Islamic economics

Kasb (Livelihood), Faqr (Poverty), and Zuhd (Renunciation) in Islamic Economic Tradition

By Sami Al-Daghistani // January 3, 2022March 22, 2023

This piece is a response to the initial query of the project on Virtue Ethics and the Cultivation of the Moral Self by Martin Nguyen. In this first response essay, I briefly analyze the state…

The Spiritual Significance of Jihād in Islamic Economics: The Need for a New Economic Paradigm

By Waleed El-Ansary // March 23, 2017March 24, 2017

I begin with three questions: What is the spiritual significance of jihād? What does this have to do with Islamic economics? Why does a proper understanding of jihād show the need for a new economic…