Preface

Explaining the Question

Our Need for Raising the Question

Misunderstanding the Question

How to Distinguish Between the Doctrine and Science

Example for the Difference between Doctrine and Science

Emphasizing that Islamic Economics Comprise a Doctrine

Is There an Economic System in Islam?

What Sort of Islamic Economic System is it?

Economic Doctrine and the Science of Economics

Science of Economics and Doctrine: History and Ethics

Doctrine may be a Framework for Science

Derived Conclusions

Doctrine does not Apply Scientific Methods

The Islamic Economic System We Advocate

What are the Greatest Obstacles?

Inclusion and Absorption of Shari’a

Doctrines Need Molding

Ethics of Islamic Economics

Conclusion: What do Islamic Economics Lack?

A short text about the nature of the Islamic economic system, its
distinction from Capitalism and Marxism, and the primary obstacles
encountered in its application to society today.


What do You Know about Islamic Economics?

How to Distinguish Between the Doctrine and Science
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In order to avoid misunderstanding this question, we shall elaborately
explain the difference between the economic doctrine and the science of
economics. In fact, the difference between them is significant.

The economic doctrine, as we have come to know, takes upon itself to
discover a method for the regulating of the economic life according to
the principle of equity. As for the science of economics, it does not
provide a method for such regulating; rather, it derives its approach
from the followed paths of societies, studying their outcomes and
consequences, just as the naturalist studies the results and effects of,
say, heat generating.


