Islamic Development Vision in the Lights of Islam’s Goals

Dr Muhammad Umer Chapra

Islamic Development Vision in the Lights of Islam’s Goals

Translation: Mustafa Yavuz Cakir and Adem Esen

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Press, 2013

In this book, in which the essential goals of Islam are explained, the necessity of increase in income and wealth in order to meet the basic needs of the human being and also the fair distribution of this income and wealth are extensively studied. In the work, meeting of material and spiritual needs of the human being in order to sustain economic development in the long term is comparatively examined. It is stated that meeting the basic needs is the fundamental right of human beings and this is considered as makasidu’s-sheria that is the main goals of Islam, in a broad sense, in the Islamic literature. The author also emphasizes that in cases where all these needs are not met, there will be a deviation in human welfare and this eventually will lead to the decline of society and civilization. In his book, the author comparatively discusses these essential goals of Islam and how they will help to the effects and consequences in the development of human welfare.

Fundamentals of Islamic Economy

Prof Dr Sabahattin Zaim

Fundamentals of Islamic Economy,

Compilers: Adem Esen, Turan Koc, and Mustafa Yavuz Cakir

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Press. 2014

A great scientist and intellectual, Prof Dr Sabahattin Zaim, who devoted his life to the service of mankind, is known as the pioneer of Islamic economics in Turkey. He ranks among the first names who have brought the issues of Islamic economics to Turkey. The first works of our deceased Professor on Islamic economics and finance date back to the early 1960s. Our Professor, who spent his life doing research and educating students, wrote many works in the field of Islamic finance. Our deceased Professor’s various articles written in the field of Islamic finance are compiled and published by our centre as Fundamentals of Islamic Economics in order to be beneficial to the readers. In the book, many issues like the comparison of secular economics and Islamic economics; the economic importance of zakat; the commentary on Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s economic treatise, normative rules regarding economic and social activities in terms of Islam; the social and economic policy of Turkey; Islamic Economics and cooperation of Islamic countries are discussed.