The Economic System of Islam — Page 71
71 the poor and ensuring that everyone gets the basic requirements of food, clothing and shelter. To sum up, the Islamic economic system is based on: 1. Exhortation against undue accumulation of wealth; 2. Curbing the motivation behind undue accumulation of wealth; 3. Insistence on expeditious redistribution of concentrated wealth; and 4. Recognition that it is the State’s responsibility to spend money on meeting the legitimate basic needs of the poor and weak members of society. It is only the Islamic system that is complete, comprehensive and satisfactory because: It allows individuals to provide for the life Hereafter; It fosters in man the habits of plain, simple and productive living; It is not based on force and compulsion; It does not crush individual capabilities; It provides for the comfort and progress of the poor and the weak, and It removes the basis for the rise of opposition and enmity.