The Role of Islamic Economics in Foreign Trade: Analysis of Verses and Narrations in Interaction with Non-Islamic Countries

Document Type : Original Article

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Imam Khomeini Educational & Research Institute, Qom, Iran

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The expansion of the needs of today's Muslim societies and their inability to meet all of them within their geographical borders has led them to trade outside their borders; in this context, the present study has examined the perspective of Islamic economics in relation to a part of the foreign trade of Muslim countries with other non-Muslim countries. The present study has been designed around two axes: collecting, classifying and interpreting verses and narrations related to trade and examining the Sharia perspective on how to direct trade with non-Muslim countries with regard to the noble verses and narrations. This study, which was conducted in relation to the interpretation of noble verses using the interdisciplinary analytical interpretation method, shows that the verses related to foreign trade with non-Muslim countries can be divided into five categories. The sum of these five groups of verses, in addition to the noble narrations, is used in this way that, considering the mutual benefits that exist in foreign trade, an Islamic country that trades with other countries brings them benefits. If this benefit is through exports, it actually solves one of their problems, and if it is through imports, it brings them benefits. Since the lawgiver prefers Muslims over non-Muslims, he also prefers Muslims over non-Muslims in bringing benefits, and as a result, the priority of exports and imports to Islamic countries is considered by the lawgiver.

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