The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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CH. 59 AL-HASHR PT. 28 لِلْفُقَرَاءِ الْمُهَجِرِينَ الَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا These spoils are for the poor. 9 Refugees who have been driven مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَاَمْوَالِهِمْ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا out from their homes and their مِنَ اللهِ وَرِضْوَانًا وَيَنْصُرُونَ اللَّهَ seeking وَرَسُولَهُ أُولَبِكَ هُمُ الصُّدِقُونَ 8 possessions while α grace from Allah and His pleasure, and helping Allah and His Messenger. These it is who are true in their faith. " 4195 a5:3: 48:30. treasury to be spent as mentioned in the profit motive or economic the verse. Where soldiers are paid by the State, all spoils of war go to the public treasury i. e. Baitul-Māl. Islam being a great advocate and protagonist of the cause of the poor and supporter and protector of their interests, the verse incidentally lays down the principle that the circulation of wealth should not remain continued to the privileged and propertied class. As an individual's health requires that his physical needs be reasonably met, a society's health requires that material goods be widely distributed and wealth be in easy circulation. This is the basic principle of Muslim economics and nowhere did the Holy Prophet's democratic thunder speak with greater force or clarity than in this field. Finding humanity ground down under the tyranny of vested interests, he propounded measures that broke the barriers of economic caste and enormously reduced the injustices of special privilege. The main principle of Muslim economics is that the wealth of the people be widely shared. Islam does not oppose competition. It does not discourage a man from working harder than his neighbour, nor does it object to his earning a large income. It simply insists that acquisitiveness and competition be balanced by fair play and compassion. Since human nature automatically takes care of the former, it falls to social laws to safeguard the latter. The Zakāh is Islam's basic device for institutionalizing regard for others, but it is supplemented by a number of other measures (The Religions of Man by Huston Smith). 3125 The words, "whatever the Messenger gives you, take it," shows conclusively that the Sunnah forms an integral part of the Islamic Law. 4195. Commentary: seems to be case in apposition to the categories of recipients of the mentioned in the preceding verse. From Ḥadīth it appears that the poor Refugees were the greatest beneficiaries from obtained from Banu Naḍīr.