One of the most complex and challenging questions before economists and policymakers is the question of income distribution and social welfare. What should be the philosophy guiding poverty alleviation? Who are the poor and how much should we help them? Who should pay for social welfare, by how much and why? Should the state tax the rich and give i...

Islam vies for perfection of man. It aims at perfecting all aspects of man’s life, be it matter, mind or spirit. No concept of dichotomy between matter and spirit, which is generally considered in the name of spirituality, is encouraged in Islam. Prophets, the perfect examples of men, showed the way for development of all aspects of man&rsquo...

Islam vies for perfection of man. It aims at perfecting all aspects of man’s life, be it matter, mind or spirit. No concept of dichotomy between matter and spirit, which is generally considered in the name of spirituality, is encouraged in Islam. Prophets, the perfect examples of men, showed the way for development of all aspects of man&rsquo...

The Qur’an (24:30-31) states: “Tell believing men to lower their gaze and to be mindful of their chastity. This is most conducive to their purity. God is certainly aware of all that they do. And tell believing women to lower their gaze and to be mindful of their chastity, and not to display their charms except what may ordinarily appear...

The Qur’an (4:123-125) states: “This is not (a matter of) your fancies or the fancies of the People of the Book. He who does evil shall be requited for it, and shall find none to protect him from Allah, and none to bring him support. And whoever, male or female, does good deeds and is a believer - they shall enter Paradise and they shal...

The Qur’an (24:31) states: “...and not to display their charms except what may ordinarily appear thereof, let them draw their head-coverings over their bosoms and not display their charms to any but their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands’ fathers, or their sons, or their husbands’ sons, or their brothers, or the...

The Holy Qur’an (5-54) states: “O those who believe, whoever of you turns back from his Faith, then, Allah shall bring a people whom He loves and who love Him, soft on the believers, hard on the disbelievers, who fight in the way of Allah and are not afraid of the reproach of any critic. That is a grace of Allah. He confers it on whom H...

The Qur’an (4:32) states: “Do not covet the bounties Allah has bestowed more abundantly on some of you than on others. Men shall have a benefit of what they earn and women shall have a benefit of what they earn. Therefore, ask Allah to give you out of His bounty. Allah is a witness of everything.” We have been discouraged for...

The Qur’an (4:123-125) states: “This is not (a matter of) your fancies or the fancies of the People of the Book. He who does evil shall be requited for it, and shall find none to protect him from Allah, and none to bring him support. And whoever, male or female, does good deeds and is a believer - they shall enter Paradise and they shal...