- However,
Islam also wants to prevent the excessive accumulation of wealth in the hands
of a few people so the society may not fall into two classes: one is
overstuffing, while the other is starving.
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The
chance of such a situation is very real.
-
A look
at the richest nations in the world and their problems of the poor, hungry and
homeless people will bear us out. The Qur'ân justifies the concept of tax by
saying, “...so that (the wealth) may not become a monopoly of the rich among
you.”
- In the
early period of the Islamic history, such a situation actually occurred.
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When
`Uthmân bin `Affân became caliph, he handled the public wealth in such a manner
that within a short time.
- His
tribe, the Umayyads, became the richest people in the Muslim empire.
- Imam
‘Ali bin Abi Tâlib, in a famous sermon, explains the reasons why he was
reluctant to accept the caliphate after `Uthmân's murder.
From the article by Sayyid
Muhammad Rizvi, www.imamreza.net
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