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The paper derives from shariah texts and major judicial interpretations the normative characteristics of money in an Islamic society. It concludes first that realizing shariah objectives and rulings related to money does not require maintaining the material manifestation of money (i.e. gold & silver bimetallic system), as it was at the Prophet’s time, but does require stability in the value of money, which stability is a prime condition for efficiently maintaining the functions of money. It concludes, secondly, that issuing or generation of government (fiduciary) money is a governmental duty that may not be delegated to non-governmental profit-seeking entities such as commercial banks. Opposite views are also discussed. The paper concludes that achieving the shariah objective of stability in the value of money requires an honest, efficient and independent monetary authority. يتناول البحث أولاً الخصائص المعيارية التي ينبغي أن تتوافر في النقود في اقتصاد إسلامي، حسبما تدل عليه نصوص الشريعة واجتهادات بعض كبار الفقهاء؛ ويستنتج أن تحقيق الأحكام والمقاصد الشرعية المتعلقة بالنقود لا يتطلب التشبث بصورها المادية التي كانت سائدة في عهد التشريع ( أي الذهب والفضة )، لكنه يتطلب بالتأكيد استقرار قيمة النقود الذي هو شرط جوهري لكفاءتها في أداء وظائفها. ويرى الباحث أن عملية إصدار النقود أو توليدها هي من وظائف ولي الأمر وواجباته الشرعية التي لا ينبغي له أن يستنيب فيها ( أو يُقطِعها ) لجهة غير حكومية تبتغي الربح كالمصارف التجارية، ويناقش البحث الآراء المخالفة. وينتهي إلى أن تحقيق المطلب الشرعي باستقرار قيمة النقد يتطلب سلطة نقدية أمينة وكفية ومستقلة.
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Abdul-Jabbar H. O AL-Sabhani, 1998.
"Money as it Should Be, in an Islamic System النقود الإسلامية ، كما ينبغي أن تكون,"
Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 10(1), pages 3-38, January.
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RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:10:y:1998:i:1:no:7:p:3-38
DOI: 10.4197/islec.10-1.7
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