Abstract
As the distribution of income is the central focus of
Islamic economics, the nature and contribution made by different
factors of production, their ownership, and rewards must be revisited
in light of the guiding principles of Islam. This paper attempts to
set a land reform agenda for an Islamic economy while discussing a
case study of land reform in Pakistan. It is observed that whatever
steps were taken towards the land reform in Pakistan have remained
largely unimplemented. Moreover, the ensuing debate about their
Islamicity failed to consider the fundamental goals of an Islamic
economy. It is argued that in the presence of conflicting ah.
¯ad¯ıth on
land, land rent, and sharecropping, it is imperative to formulate judicious principles for a possible agenda for the reforms that transcends
beyond the agricultural sector to the residential and commercial land.
Shamim Ahmad Siddiqui. (2017) Agricultural and Urban Land Rent, Sharecropping, and Land Reforms: A Suggested Islamic Economic Agenda, Journal of Islamic Business and Management, Volume 7, Issue 1.
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