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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS VOL 3, NO 2
2. Rationale and Discussion:
Shibli No’mani a colleague of Sir Syed Ahmed khan is in favor of more equitable distribution of
wealth. It will be better for society if the difference between rich and poor is minimized. This is
the basic difference between eastern and western countries. In kingship the entire resources of
the economy are concentrated in the hands of few persons, whereas in western countries wealth
moves from rich to poor Shibli No’mani (1906).
Dr. Allama M. Iqbal, the famous intellectual and thinker of east, wants a social democratic
system in which equal opportunities are available for all persons. In his opinion Islam is the only
system which can enable it, hence it will be possible only in an Islamic state (Siddiqui 1982).
In similar context Ubaid ullah Sindhi criticizes Sufism which has entirely disregarded the
economic aspect of life, which has a significant impact on the moral of persons and society.
Surfirm normally starts from morals and it is assumed that, economic needs are related to the
sub-human level. This is the reason that, this institution has never put any attention on
economics (Siddiqui 1982).
As far as the Shah Waliyulla is concerned his ideas in this regard are very clear and he has
specially emphasized on this aspect of life of nations. He thinks that fair and equitable
distribution of wealth provides a base for the development of culture. Economic equilibrium is
must for the survival of any nation. Each society has to develop a system which can provide at
least basic necessities of life to its members. Man can put his attention on creative activities only
when he satisfied from the basic needs. It is possible only in that case when economic system is
quite healthy, in such conditions moral development becomes possible Mohammad Sarwar
(1965).
On the other hand if society is divided in two groups i.e. rich and poor or in the other words
which they have and which they do not have. In this situation spirit of collective efforts demised
and capabilities of majority of the public are started to squander just to maintain their subsistence
level. In this case rich class of the society involved in a meaningless race of showiness. Concept
of nation and feelings of collectiveness are vaporized under these circumstances. In these
conditions revolution becomes indispensable. Now if the society has any tincture of life, in the
other words the whole society do not fall into the pit of destruction, then revolution come out
from the society and completely ruined off the ruling class and it is replaced by any other class.
This class put the foundation of a new culture. French revolution and some other revolutions are
the examples of such revolutions. But if the society is so dead, that there is not any chance of
revolution from inside the society in this case foreign invention do the same. In this case foreign
invaders destroyed this whole dead culture, which has lost his entire utility and was not able to
face the changing requirements of time. A new culture is then established which is the mixture
of both cultures with that new patterns of trade and commerce are set up in the economy.
According to him destruction Roman and Iranian empires are the examples of these types of
revolutions. The fall of Mughal Empire in the India also fall in this category (Sarwar 1965).
In this context Khalifa Abdul Hakeem’s point of view is that, society should be developed in
classless form. Concept of rich and poor, employer & employee, domination of male on female
is unethical, it should be abolished. The reason is that, all man & woman are equal is the eyes of
God. Khalifa Abdul Hakim (1955). He wants to develop a system which is democratic and free
of exploitation, in which elimination of poverty is the responsibility of government. In this
context order of Qur’an is very clear that, your economy should be developed in such a way that,
wealth should not circulate in elite class only. There is no room for black marketing, hoarding or
other such type of activities in Islam. On the other hand basic demand of Islam is that, all
members of society should open their wealth in the way of God, which is beyond the
requirements of them, so that collective welfare of the society will increase. In an Islamic
society provision of basic needs of human being is the responsibility of state, which is not
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