TAWHEED THE BASIC OF ECONOMIC SHARIA
Bogor, 1 Rabiul Akhir 1435/1 February 2014 ( MINA ) – The Chairman Global Leadership Development Institute, Arijulmanan on Saturday stated that tawheed is the fundamental and basic principle in running economic sharia.
“Tawheed is the foundation of sharia economy. In carrying out all activities, especially economic, Muslims have to refer it as a form of worship to the Creator,” said Arijulmanan in the economics seminar themed ”Strategy and Implementation of Fiqh Muamalah as the Basis in operating Business and Islamic Financial Institutions.”
Arijulmanan explained, with tawheed, Muslims can solve their problems in victory, both in the real life now and the hereafter. “ In real life, a Muslim can solve the problem by giving benefit to as many people as possible, and in the hereafter, he surely gets the guarantee from Allah to enter the Heaven,” he said.
He also called on Muslim community to apply knowledge they have already learned to the daily life, especially in economic activity.
In the same event, the Chairman of Sharia Economics Experts Association, Abbas Gozali, in his speech said, tawheed can distinguish between the Islamic economy and the economy of capitalism.
“Sharia Economy is guided by Qur’an and the Prophet guidance (Sunnah) with the objective of worldly life and life in the hereafter, while the capitalist economy has the goal of only worldly profit, achieving profit as much as possible with the smalllest capital, without considering religion rules,” he said
The General Manager of Muamalat Institute Yudi Susworo also said, the growth of sharia economy in Indonesia ranged 40-45 percent per year and the Islamic banking assets have now reached Rp 179 trillion rupiahs, or about 4.4 percent of national banking assets.
He also explained the general problem of sharia economy now is the lack of human resources, the low experience and low commitment in developing it.
The Chairman of the National Zakat Agency, Didien Hafidhuddin argued, the sharia economic pillars should be reinforced by strengthening the real sector , Islamic financial institutions , charity sector , infaq and endowments.
” Zakat is a duty for all Muslims. It also becomes an important part of the economic sector to strengthen the economy of poor people,” said Didien.” Muslims must make the economic sector as a field of da’wah in order to make a prosperous society by practicing the rules of Islam”. ( L/P04/P010/E01)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
